Apex Code Development You need to sign in to do that
Don't have an account?
Venky1219 How data loader works internally?
Hi all,
This question asked by the interviewer , Here is the question in detail "For exmple you want to pull out/insert data from/to salesforce using data loader and you give credentials with security token , CSV file and hit corrensponding button ( like insert,update,delete.. ) now how data loader starts the process explain what are different phases ".
And another question is
"what is the stub you have used to cover code in test classes " here I answered " I used fake data in success and failure cases to cover code". He was not satisfied with my answer. In this question what is stub means and what are all techniques to cover code.
This question asked by the interviewer , Here is the question in detail "For exmple you want to pull out/insert data from/to salesforce using data loader and you give credentials with security token , CSV file and hit corrensponding button ( like insert,update,delete.. ) now how data loader starts the process explain what are different phases ".
And another question is
"what is the stub you have used to cover code in test classes " here I answered " I used fake data in success and failure cases to cover code". He was not satisfied with my answer. In this question what is stub means and what are all techniques to cover code.
https://developer.salesforce.com/page/Data_Loader
If you want to understand in detail (or create a custom build) there's an open source version on github at:
https://github.com/forcedotcom/dataloader
Covering code in Salesforce unit testing is a large topic. Once again, developerforce is the best place to start:
https://developer.salesforce.com/page/An_Introduction_to_Apex_Code_Test_Methods
For a definition of stubs, I always refer to Martin Fowler's "Mocks aren't Stubs" article :
http://martinfowler.com/articles/mocksArentStubs.html#TheDifferenceBetweenMocksAndStubs