Episode 5 – Demystifying Apex Triggers

In this episode we will learn about writing triggers to fire business logic using Apex. Join us as you embark on this wonderful journey to become a champion Salesforce developer.

Episode 5 will be presented by Purushottam Bhaigade on Feb 14, 2020 at 6 PM Indian Standard Time.

Agenda

• Order of Execution
• When & How Triggers are invoked
• Trigger Events
• Avoiding Recursive Trigger Calls
• Q & A

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What is Trigger?

Trigger is a procedure in database which automatically invokes whenever a special events in Database occurs. Apex triggers enable you to perform custom actions before or after events to records in Salesforce, such as insertions, updates, or deletions.

When Should we Use Trigger?

• Complex logic incapable of being processed via declarative artifacts
• Logic associated with DML
• Operations on unrelated objects
• Integration with External Systems

Trigger Events

Trigger Context Variable

Variable	Usage
isExecuting	It tells if code current context is trigger or not
isInsert	It returns true if trigger fires on insert operation
isUpdate	It returns true if trigger fires on update operation
isDelete	It returns true if trigger fires on delete operation
isBefore	It returns true if code is running in Before context
isAfter	It returns true if code is running in After context
new	It holds list of new versions of sObject records This sObject list is only available in insert, update, and undelete triggers, and the records can only be modified in before triggers
newMap	It holds new versions of sObject in key value pair This map is only available in before update, after insert, after update, and after undelete triggers
old	It holds list of old versions of sObject records This sObject list is only available in update and delete triggers
oldMap	It holds old versions of sObject in key value pair This map is only available in update and delete triggers.
operationType	Returns an enum of type System.TriggerOperation corresponding to the current operation. System.TriggerOperation enum are: BEFORE_INSERT, BEFORE_UPDATE, BEFORE_DELETE,AFTER_INSERT, AFTER_UPDATE, AFTER_DELETE, and AFTER_UNDELETE
size	The total number of records in a trigger invocation, both old and new.

Demo 1 : Using context variable in Trigger

trigger AccountTrigger on Account (before insert, before update, after update) {
    if(Trigger.isBefore && Trigger.isInsert){
        System.debug('I am in AccountTrigger before insert context');
    }
    if(Trigger.isUpdate){
        if(Trigger.isBefore){
            for(Account acc :Trigger.new){
                System.debug('New Name'+ acc.Name);
                System.debug('Old Name'+ Trigger.oldMap.get(acc.Id).Name);
            }
        }
    }
}

Order of Execution.

Here is recording of our old session on Order of Execution. Check this blog post to learn more.

Trigger Handler pattern

Check this blog post to learn about which all trigger pattern are available in Salesforce. For Trigger Handler code check this post

Trigger Best Practice

1) One Trigger Per Object
2) Logic-less Triggers
3) Context-Specific Handler Methods
4) Bulkify your Code
5) Avoid SOQL Queries or DML statements inside FOR Loops
6) Using Collections, Streamlining Queries, and Efficient For Loops
7) Querying Large Data Sets
8) Use @future Appropriately
9) Avoid Hardcoding IDs

Always remember below points before writing trigger :-
1) Order Of Execution
2) Recursive Trigger
3) Learn about Other Trigger Framework

Recording

Assignment

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Create Custom object Invoice with field Total Amount Create child object Invoice Line Item with Lookup relationship to Invoice. Add price field into Invoice Line Item. Write trigger on Invoice Line Item which will add some of all child records to parent Invoice

Trigger Handler Pattern

Further Learning

• Apex Trigger

Trigger Framework

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