MetadataCatalogRecipes

MetadataCatalogRecipes

Demonstrates how to query the Metadata Catalog. This is sometimes faster that Schema Describe calls especially for large complex orgs

Group Data Recipes

Methods

public static Map<String,Map<String,String>> findAllFormulaFields()

SUPPRESSWARNINGS

Demonstrates how to query the EntityDefinition Object to find all formula fields in your Org. This method returns a Map of Object's Qualified API name -> Map of Field Names -> Types Note: This method has a false-positive PMD warning. PMD isn't aware of the purpose or functionality of CanTheUser.* so it doesn't undersatnd that we are, in fact, checking for CRUD / FLS permissions prior to querying.

Returns

Type	Description
Map<String,Map<String,String>>	Map<String, Map<String, String>>

Example

Map<String, Map<String, String>> results =
     MetadataCatalogRecipes.findAllFormulaFields();
System.debug(results);

public static List<MetadataCatalogRecipes.LookupRelationshipDefinition> findAllContactFieldsThatLookupToAccount()

SUPPRESSWARNINGS

Demonstrates how to query the metadata catalog to find all fields on the Contact object that establish a relationship to the Account Object. Note: This method has a false-positive PMD warning. PMD isn't aware of the purpose or functionality of CanTheUser.* so it doesn't undersatnd that we are, in fact, checking for CRUD / FLS permissions prior to querying.

Returns

Type	Description
List<MetadataCatalogRecipes.LookupRelationshipDefinition>	List<MetadataCatalogRecipes.LookupRelationshipDefinition>

Example

List<MetadataCatalogRecipes.LookupRelationshipDefinition> results =
     MetadataCatalogRecipes.findAllContactFieldsThatLookupToAccount();
System.debug(results);

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Classes

LookupRelationshipDefinition

internal data object for information about a Lookup Relationship

Constructors

public LookupRelationshipDefinition(FieldDefinition fd)

Constructor that transforms a Field Definition object into a LookupRelationshipDefinition Object.

Parameters

Param	Description
fd	a FieldDefinition Object

Example

FieldDefinition fd = [SELECT Id, DeveloperName, RelationshipNme,
                         DataType
                      FROM FieldDefinition LIMIT 1];
MetadataCatalogRecipes.LookupRelationshipDefinition lrd = new
     MetadataCatalogRecipes.LookupRelationshipDefinition(fd);
System.debug(lrd);

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Properties

public looksUpTo → String

Specifies what object this one looks up to

public developerName → String

Specifies the name of the Object

public relationshipName → String

Specifies the Relationship field name

public dataType → String

Specifies the Data Type Of this Object

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