How To Get The Picklist Value In Apex Class?

Hi,

Using Dynamic apex, we can achieve this. On object of type pickilist, call getDescribe(). Then call the getPicklistValues() method. Iterate over result and create a list. Bind it to <apex:selectOptions>.

Code Example:

Let’s say we have a custom object called OfficeLocation__c. This object contains a picklist field Country__c.

The first thing we need to do, within our controller is use the getDescribe() method to obtain information on

the Country__c field:

Schema.DescribeFieldResult fieldResult = OfficeLocation__c.Country__c.getDEscribe();

We know that Country__c is a picklist, so we want to retrieve the picklist values:

List<Schema.PicklistEntry> ple = fieldResult.gerPicklistValues();

The only thing left for us to do is map the picklist values into an <apex:selectOptions> tag can use for display. Here is the entire method from our controller to do this:

public List<SelectOption> getCountries()
{
    List<SelectOption> options = new List<SelectOption>();
    Schema.DescribeFieldResult fieldResult = OfficeLocation__c.Country__c.getDescribe();
    List<Schema.PicklistEntry> ple = fieldResult.getPicklistValues();
    for( Schema.PicklistEntry f : ple)
    {
        options.add(new SelectOption(f.getLabel(), f.getValue()));
    }
    return options;
}

With our controller logic all complete, we can call the getCountries() method from our Visualforce page,  and populate the <apex:selectList> tag:

<apex:selectList id=”countries” value=”{!Office_Location__c.Country__c}” size=”1″ required=”true”>
    <apex:selectOptions value=”{!countries}”/>
</apex:selectList>

Thanks

Is there a possibility to get the hexadecimal color value for each picklist value ? (assuming we select a specific color for each value)

• This reply was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by  Olivier Baelde.