Apex Developer Guide

Apex Developer Guide
Getting Started with Apex
Writing Apex
Running Apex
Debugging, Testing, and Deploying Apex
Apex Language Reference
Apex DML Operations
ApexPages Namespace
AppLauncher Namespace
Approval Namespace
Auth Namespace
Cache Namespace
Canvas Namespace
ChatterAnswers Namespace
ConnectApi Namespace
Database Namespace
Datacloud Namespace
DataSource Namespace
Dom Namespace
EventBus Namespace
Flow Namespace
KbManagement Namespace
Messaging Namespace
Metadata Namespace
AnalyticsCloudComponentLayoutItem Class
ConsoleComponent Class
Container Class
CustomConsoleComponents Class
CustomMetadata Class
CustomMetadataValue Class
DeployCallback Interface
DeployCallbackContext Class
DeployContainer Class
DeployDetails Class
DeployMessage Class
DeployProblemType Enum
DeployResult Class
DeployStatus Enum
FeedItemTypeEnum Enum
FeedLayout Class
FeedLayoutComponent Class
FeedLayoutComponentType Enum
FeedLayoutFilter Class
FeedLayoutFilterPosition Enum
FeedLayoutFilterType Enum
Layout Class
LayoutColumn Class
LayoutHeader Enum
LayoutItem Class
LayoutSection Class
LayoutSectionStyle Enum
Metadata Class
MetadataType Enum
MetadataValue Class
MiniLayout Class
Operations Class
PlatformActionList Class
PlatformActionListContextEnum Enum
PlatformActionListItem Class
PlatformActionTypeEnum Enum
PrimaryTabComponents Class
QuickActionList Class
QuickActionListItem Class
RelatedContent Class
RelatedContentItem Class
RelatedList Class
RelatedListItem Class
ReportChartComponentLayoutItem Class
ReportChartComponentSize Enum
SidebarComponent Class
SortOrder Enum
StatusCode Enum
SubtabComponents Class
SummaryLayoutStyleEnum Enum
SummaryLayout Class
SummaryLayoutItem Class
UiBehavior Enum
Process Namespace
QuickAction Namespace
Reports Namespace
Schema Namespace
Search Namespace
Sfc Namespace
Site Namespace
Support Namespace
System Namespace
TerritoryMgmt Namespace
TxnSecurity Namespace
UserProvisioning Namespace
VisualEditor Namespace
wave Namespace
Appendices
Glossary
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Metadata Namespace

The Metadata namespace provides classes and methods for working with custom metadata in Salesforce

Salesforce uses metadata types and components to represent org configuration and customization. Metadata is used for org settings that admins control or configuration information applied by installed apps and packages. Use the classes in the Metadata namespace to access metadata from within Apex code.

Metadata access in Apex is available for Apex classes using API version 40.0 and later.

For more information, see Metadata.

The following are the classes in the Metadata namespace.