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Steve Thurston 3 How to get object field value when the field name is stored in a Custom Setting field?
I am trying to integrate with an external third party system that sends an XML response. I need to map from their XML tags to the Salesforce fields I want to write the values to. These fields change, so I don't want to hard code the mapping in the APEX code, as that would require a deployment every time there is a change, which means the admin can't do it.
I figure I can use Custom Settings for this. Namely, I have a Custom Setting with the fields "Salesforce Field" and "Service Field".
My problem is that, while I can read the "Salesforce Field" into a variable in Apex - it's a variable. How do I tell Apex to write to the actual field?
So it's easy enough to say something like:
String salesforceWriteField = Custom_Setting__c.Salesforce_Field__c
But all I've achieved is to put the name of the field I want to write to in a variable. Just as a simple example, if I want to write to the Name field on an Account, it could be:
MyAccount.Name
But I need to use the Custom Setting to tell Apex to write to the "Name" field. And I can't think of how to do that.
I would like to avoid SOQL, as that is one of the benefits of Custom Settings, and deploying is already a challenge because of the number of SOQL statements that occur across classes during testing.
I figure I can use Custom Settings for this. Namely, I have a Custom Setting with the fields "Salesforce Field" and "Service Field".
My problem is that, while I can read the "Salesforce Field" into a variable in Apex - it's a variable. How do I tell Apex to write to the actual field?
So it's easy enough to say something like:
String salesforceWriteField = Custom_Setting__c.Salesforce_Field__c
But all I've achieved is to put the name of the field I want to write to in a variable. Just as a simple example, if I want to write to the Name field on an Account, it could be:
MyAccount.Name
But I need to use the Custom Setting to tell Apex to write to the "Name" field. And I can't think of how to do that.
I would like to avoid SOQL, as that is one of the benefits of Custom Settings, and deploying is already a challenge because of the number of SOQL statements that occur across classes during testing.