Java API Cheatsheet

These APIs are defined in the Functions class.

Record Handling

Syntax	Description	Return	Category
addRecord(String objectName, Params params)	Adds a new record of type objectId with values from params	Result object	Record Handling
updateRecord(String objectName, String recordId, Params params)	Updates record of type objectId with values params. The Record is identified by recordId	Result object	Record Handling
changeOwnerShipInfo(String object_id, String record_id, String owner_id)	Changes the owner of the designated record	None	Record Handling
deleteRecord(String objectName, String recordId)	Deletes Record of type objectId where id is recordId	Result object	Record Handling
getRecord(String objectName, String fields, String recordId)	Gets the record of type objectId identified by recordId. fields is a comma separated list of fields that you want to fetch	Result object	Record Handling
getRecordCount(String objectName, String criteria)	Returns the number of records in the object	int	Record Handling
searchRecords(String objectName, String fields, String criteria [, Parameters params])	Search and retrieve the records for an object. fields is a comma-separated list of fields to fetch. criteria is a Filter Expression	Result object	Record Handling
searchRecords(String objectName, String fields, String criteria, String sortBy, String sortOrder, String sortBy2, String sortOrder2, int offset, int numberOfRows [, Parameters params])	Search and retrieve records for an object. fields is a comma-separated list of fields to fetch. criteria is a Filter Expression	Result object	Record Handling
execSQL(String query)	Execute a SQL query	Result object	Record Handling
getRecord(String compositeObject, String fields, String recordId)	Get a [{Composite Object]] record, with specified fields.	Result object	Composite Objects
getRecordCount(String compositeObject, String criteria)	Gets a count of records in a Composite Object that match specified filtering criteria.	int	Composite Objects
searchRecords(String compositeObject, String fields, String criteria [, Parameters params])	Search and retrieve Composite Object records. fields is a comma-separated list of fields to fetch. criteria is a Filter Expression	Result object	Composite Objects
searchRecords(String compositeObject, String fields, String criteria, String sortBy, String sortOrder, String sortBy2, String sortOrder2, int offset, int numberOfRows [, Parameters params])	Search and retrieve Composite Object records. fields is a comma-separated list of fields to fetch. criteria is a Filter Expression	Result object	Composite Objects

Email and Document Management

Syntax	Description	Return	Category
sendEmail(String objectName, String id, String to, String cc, String subject, String body, String attachmentTemplateId, String attachmentIdList)	Sends an Email	Result object	Email and Document Management
sendEmailUsingTemplate(String objectName, String recordId, String to, String cc, String subject, String bodyTemplateId, String attachmentTemplateId, String attachmentIdList)	Sends an Email evaluating Template identified by bodyTemplateId as email body	Result object	Email and Document Management
generateDocument(String objectName, String recordId, String templateId, String format)	Generates document of templateId evaluated with params in format. If format is "PDF" it generates the document in PDF format, otherwise HTML format. It relates this generated document to object of type objectId and record with id recordId	Result object	Email and Document Management

Transaction Management

Syntax	Description	Return	Category
addSavePoint(String name)	Adds a Save Point with name	None	Utility functions
doesSavePointExist(String name)	checks whether the named save point exists or not	Boolean	Utility functions
getAllSavePoints()	Returns All Save Points	Set	Utility functions
rollback()	Roll backs all the inserts and updates	None	Utility functions
rollbackToSavePoint(String name)	Rollback to specific save point with name	None	Utility functions
removeSavePoint(String name)	removes save point with name from save point list	None	Utility functions

Utility

Syntax	Description	Return	Category
Deprecated Use Logger class.    (See Debug Log) debug(Object obj)	Puts a debug statement into the debug log for Object obj. (obj can be a String)	None	Utility functions
getEnv(String key)	Gets the environment variable value for the key	The value of the environment variable	Utility functions
getParametersInstance()	Gets an instance of Parameters class	Parameters object	Utility functions
setTargetPage(String url)	Sets the target page	None	Utility functions
showMessage(long millisecs)	Displays message	None	Utility functions
sleep(String message)	Sleeps for the designated number of milliseconds.	None	Utility functions
throwError(String message)	Throws error with the message	None	Utility functions

ServiceConfiguration class (static methods):

Syntax	Return Type	Description
getServiceName();	String	Returns the Service Name (e.g. company name)
getServiceDomainURL();	String	Returns the Service URL.

Metadata Management

Syntax	Description	Return	Category
getObjectMetaData(String objectName)	Retrieve metadata from a Custom Objects.	CustomObjectMetaDataBean	Customize
getObjectMetaDataMap()	Return a map of all visible Custom Object object metadata records, indexed by object ID.	Map: Object ID => CustomObjectMetaDataBean	Customize
addObjectMetaData(CustomObjectMetaDataBean)	Create a new object.	String:Object ID	Customize
updateObjectMetaData(CustomObjectMetaDataBean)	Modify an object definition.	String: Object ID	Customize
deleteObjectMetaData(CustomObjectMetaDataBean)	Deletes an object	None	Customize
getRecordLocator(String objectName)	Get an object's Record Locator information.	RecordLocatorBean	Customize
updateRecordLocator(RecordLocatorBean)	Modify an object's Record Locator Settings.	String:Object ID	Customize