Glossary

• AOF (Apex Orbit Framework): The name of this Salesforce Apex framework.
• Bulkification: Designing Apex code to efficiently process large sets of data (typically up to 200 records in a trigger context) to avoid hitting Salesforce governor limits.
• CRUD/FLS: Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD) object-level permissions and Field-Level Security (FLS) field-level permissions in Salesforce.
• Domain Layer: A layer in the AOF responsible for SObject-specific business logic, validations, and calculations. Represented by classes extending AOF_Application_Domain.
• DML (Data Manipulation Language): Apex statements used to insert, update, delete, or undelete records in Salesforce (e.g., insert, update, delete).
• Governor Limits: Salesforce platform limits that restrict resource consumption by Apex code (e.g., number of SOQL queries, DML statements, CPU time).
• Platform Event: A type of Salesforce event used for asynchronous communication. In AOF, ErrorLogEvent__e is used for decoupled error logging.
• Selector Layer: A layer in the AOF responsible for all SOQL queries. Represented by classes extending AOF_Application_Selector.
• Separation of Concerns (SoC): A design principle that advocates for breaking down an application into distinct sections, each addressing a separate concern or responsibility.
• Service Layer: A layer in the AOF that encapsulates business logic spanning multiple SObjects, complex processes, or interactions with external systems. Represented by classes implementing AOF_Application_Service.
• Single Trigger Per Object: A design pattern where only one Apex trigger is created for each SObject to manage all trigger contexts, simplifying execution flow.
• SOQL (Salesforce Object Query Language): The language used to query data from the Salesforce database.
• Trigger Context Variables: Static variables in Apex triggers that provide information about the current DML operation (e.g., Trigger.new, Trigger.oldMap, Trigger.isInsert, Trigger.isBefore).
• Trigger Handler: A component in AOF (AOF_TriggerHandler) that orchestrates trigger logic, delegating to Domain or Service layers.
• Unit of Work (UoW): A design pattern and a component in AOF (AOF_Application_UnitOfWork) that manages DML operations by collecting them and executing them in a bulkified manner at the end of a transaction.