Working with the SalesforceGenericEntity

The GenericSalesforceEntity can be used to work with both standard and custom Salesforce Objects. The GenericSalesforceService is used to perform CRUD on the GenericSalesforceEntity instances. When working with Salesforce Objects and Fields, it is necesary to use their API names.

Working with a Standard Salesforce Object

The following code shows how to work with a standard Salesforce Object. In this case the Contact Object:

SalesforceSession salesforceSession = SessionTest.GetSalesforceSession();

GenericSalesforceService genericSalesforceService = new GenericSalesforceService(salesforceSession, "Contact");

GenericSalesforceEntity genericContact = new GenericSalesforceEntity("Contact");
genericContact.InternalFields["FirstName"] = "Firstname";
genericContact.InternalFields["LastName"] = "Lastname";
genericContact.InternalFields["Email"] = "test@test.com";
genericContact.InternalFields["My_Custom_Field__c"] = "My Value";
            
SaveResult saveResult = genericSalesforceService.Save(genericContact);

//Validate the insert
ContactService contactService = new ContactService(salesforceSession);

Contact contact = contactService.GetByEntityId(saveResult.id);

Assert.AreEqual(genericContact.InternalFields["FirstName"], contact.FirstName);
Assert.AreEqual(genericContact.InternalFields["My_Custom_Field__c"], contact.InternalFields["My_Custom_Field__c"]);

Working with a Custom Salesforce Object

The following code shows how to work with a custom Salesforce Object:

SalesforceSession salesforceSession = SessionTest.GetActiveSession();

GenericSalesforceService genericSalesforceService = new GenericSalesforceService(salesforceSession, "S4S__Project__c");

GenericSalesforceEntity genericEntity= new GenericSalesforceEntity("Project__c");
genericEntity.InternalFields["Name"] = "My Name";
genericEntity.InternalFields["Custom_Text_Field__c"] = "My Custom Field Value";

SaveResult saveResult = genericSalesforceService.Save(genericEntity);

//Validate the insert
GenericSalesforceEntity validateGenericEntity = genericSalesforceService.GetByEntityId(saveResult.id);

Assert.AreEqual(validateGenericEntity.InternalFields["Name"], genericEntity.InternalFields["Name"]);
Assert.AreEqual(validateGenericEntity.InternalFields["My_Custom_Field__c"], genericEntity.InternalFields["My_Custom_Field__c"]);

//How to delete a Generic Entity
genericSalesforceService.DeleteEntity(validateGenericEntity);