Salesforce Object Schema Flashcards

Salesforce Schema Overview

• Schema describes information using static methods from the Schema Class.
• Schema.getGlobalDescribe() retrieves key-value pairs of sObject names and their corresponding tokens for both standard and custom objects.
• Use Schema.describeSObject(sObject) to acquire metadata for a specified sObject or an array of sObjects.

Application and User Information

• Schema.describeTabs() provides data regarding standard and custom applications accessible to the current user.

Token Characteristics

• Tokens act as "placeholders" for objects or fields they represent, capped at less than 20 bytes in size.
• The data type for a sObject token is Schema.SObjectType.
• The data type for a field token is Schema.SObjectField.

Describe Data Structure

• Describes the entirety of an sObject token, potentially containing hundreds or thousands of bytes of data.
• The data type for a sObject describe is Schema.DescribeSObjectResult.
• The data type for a field describe is Schema.DescribeFieldResult.

Utilization of Tokens

• Tokens facilitate the retrieval of detailed information regarding sObjects.