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saariko.ax241 Advanced: updating a class member with out knowing it's name
I have an xml I get from an external program. this XML holds information about multiple, unknown fields and their values. the fields are a subset of a custom object in SF.
My question:
How can I set the value I get from the XML in the SF object?
Limitations:
I dont' want to use a long if else/switch list
I don't want to update the code when in the future I add new fields to the SF object (the XML program will know of the new fields - and update them if needed)
XML example:
*The attribute : SF_Module_Name - holds the name of the SF Object member I want to set to true.
Code:
I couldn't really figure how to use reflection on my object, since I couldnt' see how it is hashable, nor is it a mapped table.
<—xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"–>
<sale>
<trxdata>
<action>new</action>
</trxdata>
<Plugs>
<Plug>
<Dongle_ID__c>1576718528</Dongle_ID__c>
<License_Expiration_Date>
</License_Expiration_Date>
</Plug>
</Plugs>
<Modules>
<Module>
<Dongle_ID__c></Dongle_ID__c>
<Id>
</Id>
<Module_Name>OptiMark</Module_Name>
<Module_Version>900</Module_Version>
<SF_Module_Name>X1</SF_Module_Name>
</Module>
<Module>
<Dongle_ID__c></Dongle_ID__c>
<Id>
</Id>
<Module_Name>Optikk</Module_Name>
<Module_Version>900</Module_Version>
<SF_Module_Name>X2</SF_Module_Name>
</Module>
<Module>
<Dongle_ID__c></Dongle_ID__c>
<Id>
</Id>
<Module_Name>Opti33</Module_Name>
<Module_Version>900</Module_Version>
<SF_Module_Name>X3</SF_Module_Name>
</Module>
</Modules>
</sale>I couldn't really figure how to use reflection on my object, since I couldnt' see how it is hashable, nor is it a mapped table.
Does anyone have an idea?
I tried to play with the code in http://community.salesforce.com/sforce/board/message?board.id=NET_development&message.id=3733#M3733 but couldnt make it work.
Thanks Simon, indeed, the partner WSDL was what I was looking for.
just for reference, my code now looks like this:
Code:
foreach (XmlNode info in n_plug.ChildNodes) { if (info.InnerXml.Length > 0) { l_licenseInfo[l_licenseInfoIndex] = l_doc.CreateElement(info.Name); l_licenseInfo[l_licenseInfoIndex].InnerText = info.InnerXml; switch (info.Name) { case "License_Expiration_Date__c": DateTime l_dt = new DateTime((System.DateTime.Today.AddYears(1).Ticks)); l_licenseInfo[l_licenseInfoIndex].InnerText = l_dt.ToUniversalTime().ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ"); break; case "Account__c": l_licenseInfo[l_licenseInfoIndex].InnerText = l_trxData.m_accountId; break; case "Account_Name__c": // we need to ignore the Account name l_licenseInfoIndex--; break; } l_licenseInfoIndex++; } }