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Bind Field API name to sObject instance with string

I'm looking for a way to dynamically bind a string's value, which contains a Field API Name, with an sObject instance variable and set the value of the sobject field to yet another string. Here is what I mean.

Here is what I can do.

My_Custom_Object__c cRecord = new My_Custom_Object__c (); 
cRecord.field1__c = 'field value'; 
String X = cRecord.field1__c;

So String X would be equal to 'field value'.

Here is what I'd like to do.

My_Custom_Object__c cRecord = new My_Custom_Object__c ();
cRecord.field1__c = 'field value';
String Y = 'field1__c';
String X = cRecord.Y;

Clearly the error I get is that the Y field does not exist, so is there a special notation for doing this? I've seen similar things done in dynamic SOQL, but not in APEX. http://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/8408/bind-variable-with-dotted-name-not-working-in-dynamic-soql.

Any ideas? Is there some method like, value(Y), for cRecord.value(Y)? Just some method that passes on the value of the string instead of the dot notation looking for a field named 'Y'?

Thank you!

klab
October 10, 2013
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