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  • Gourav

    Member
    April 29, 2016 at 9:33 AM

    sObject casting when you use generic sObject and then convert that into a concrete sObject.

    example:-

    Map<String, Schema.SObjectType> gd = Schema.getGlobalDescribe();
    Schema.SobjectType oType = gd.get('account');
    account object_instance = (account)oType.newSObject();

  • Shweta

    Member
    November 6, 2020 at 2:14 PM

    You will need to cast from a generic sobject to a concrete sobject like an opportunity or case or account then do the insert. I've not had to do this before but I have read that you can look at the first 3 letters of objects id or use describe the information to determine what concrete type is being held by the generic. the syntax would be just like you intuited (account)oType.newSobject()

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