The Home-Show route uses this middleware chain:
server.get('Show',consentTracking.consent,cache.applyDefaultCache,
function(req,res,next) {
// base code here
}
);
The developer added Home.js in another cartridge, which is before the original cartridge in the cartridge path, to extend that route but it does not have the middleware chain:
server.append('Show',function(req,res,next) {
// custom code here
});
Assuming the code is correct on both functions, what is the expected result?
server.append()extends an existing SFRA route by adding middlewareafter the existing middleware chain. It does not replace or bypass the middleware already defined onHome-Show. Therefore, the consent-tracking middleware, cache middleware, and original route logic execute first; after they callnext(), the appended custom function executes.
Salesforce explicitly describesserver.appendas a customization mechanism that causes the original middleware chain to execute together with the additional appended step. It is commonly used when a cartridge must enrich an existing route without duplicating or replacing the base implementation.
The custom controller does not need to repeatconsentTracking.consentorcache.applyDefaultCachesimply because those functions are already part of the inherited route. Option B would become relevant if a middleware filtering condition itself rejected the request, but the absence of those declarations in the appended step does not inherently produce a parameter-mismatch error.
The resulting execution order is therefore: original middleware and base route logic, followed by the appended custom logic.
Study Guide reference:Application Development --- SFRA route inheritance,server.append(), middleware chains, controller customization, and cartridge precedence.