Add architectural discovery report from CAST Imaging analysis

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Generated comprehensive architectural documentation for the eCommerce application using CAST Imaging MCP tools to accelerate onboarding for new team members.

Contents

ARCHITECTURE-README.md - 25KB structured report covering:

• Architecture - 6-layer component model (Web, Logic, Communication, Database layers) decomposed into 12 sub-components
• Technology Stack - Java/Struts 2.2.1.1, Hibernate, Spring, JSP, MySQL with 23 third-party dependencies
• API Surface - 275 transaction endpoints organized by domain (checkout, cart, catalog admin, payments, shipping)
• Data Model - 60 entity interaction networks; detailed flow analysis showing database → JPA → service → controller → JSP → client layers
• Security - 104 CVE vulnerabilities documented (13 critical, 45 high) requiring upgrade from Struts 2.2.1.1 to 2.5.33+
• Integration - Dependencies with 7 applications; strongest coupling to Shopizer115 (470 bidirectional calls)
• Example Flows - Shopping cart transaction walkthrough demonstrating MVC pattern with 1,044 interactions across 10 tables

Key Findings

⚠️ Critical Security Debt: Apache Struts 2.2.1.1 (2010) contains multiple RCE vulnerabilities including CVE-2017-12611, CVE-2020-17530, Spring4Shell (CVE-2022-22965)

Modernization Path: Struts upgrade required; consider Spring Boot migration for new features

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Add architectural discovery report</issue_title>
<issue_description>Using imaging-mcp MCP tools, generate a report about application eCommerce's architecture to help new team members get up to speed. Save the report into ARCHITECTURE-README.md markup file in root directory.</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

Custom agent used: cast-imaging-software-discovery-agent
Specialized agent for comprehensive software application discovery and architectural mapping through static code analysis using CAST Imaging

• Fixes Add architectural discovery report #6

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