AccountCreator Interface

Creates Account records that will be associated with Chatter Answers users.

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Usage

The ChatterAnswers.AccountCreator is specified in the registrationClassName attribute of a chatteranswers:registration Visualforce component. This interface is called by Chatter Answers and allows for custom creation of Account records used for portal users.

To implement the ChatterAnswers.AccountCreator interface, you must first declare a class with the implements keyword as follows:

Next, your class must provide an implementation for the following method:

The implemented method must be declared as global or public.

AccountCreator Methods

The following are methods for AccountCreator.

createAccount(firstName, lastName, siteAdminId)

Accepts basic user information and creates an Account record. The implementation of this method returns the account ID.

Signature

public String createAccount(String firstName, String lastName, Id siteAdminId)

Parameters

firstName: Type: String; The first name of the user who is registering.
lastName: Type: String; The last name of the user who is registering.
siteAdminId: Type: ID; The user ID of the Site administrator, used for notification if any exceptions occur.

Return Value

Type: String

AccountCreator Example Implementation

This is an example implementation of the ChatterAnswers.AccountCreator interface. The createAccount method implementation accepts user information and creates an Account record. The method returns a String value for the Account ID.

This example tests the code above.

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