ApexTrigger

Represents an Apex trigger.

Although Apex classes and triggers have the Create and Update field properties, a runtime exception occurs if you try to create or update them using the API. Instead, use the Ant Migration Tool, the Salesforce user interface, or the Salesforce Extensions for Visual Studio Code to create or update Apex classes or triggers.

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Supported Calls

create(), delete(), describeSObjects(), getDeleted(), getUpdated(), query(), retrieve(), search(), update(), upsert()

Fields

Field	Details
ApiVersion	Type double Properties Create, Filter, Sort, Update Description The API version for this trigger. Every trigger has an API version specified at creation.
Body	Type textarea Properties Create, Nillable, Update Description The Apex trigger definition. Limit: 1 million characters.
BodyCrc	Type double Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Nillable, Sort, Update Description The CRC (cyclic redundancy check) of the class or trigger file.
IsValid	Type boolean Properties Create, Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Indicates whether any dependent metadata has changed since the trigger was last compiled (`true`) or not (`false`).
LengthWithoutComments	Type int Properties Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Length of the trigger without comments
Name	Type string Properties Create, Filter, Group, idLookup, Sort, Update Description Name of the trigger. Limit: 255 characters
NamespacePrefix	Type string Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description The namespace prefix that is associated with this object. Each Developer Edition org that creates a managed package has a unique namespace prefix. Limit: 15 characters. You can refer to a component in a managed package by using the `namespacePrefix__componentName` notation. The namespace prefix can have one of the following values. In Developer Edition orgs, NamespacePrefix is set to the namespace prefix of the org for all objects that support it, unless an object is in an installed managed package. In that case, the object has the namespace prefix of the installed managed package. This field’s value is the namespace prefix of the Developer Edition org of the package developer. In orgs that are not Developer Edition orgs, NamespacePrefix is set only for objects that are part of an installed managed package. All other objects have no namespace prefix.
Status	Type picklist Properties Create, Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update Description The current status of the Apex trigger. The following string values are valid: `Active`—The trigger is active. `Inactive`—The trigger is inactive, but not deleted. `Deleted`—The trigger is marked for deletion. This is useful for managed packages, because it allows a class to be deleted when a managed package is updated. `Inactive` is not valid for ApexClass. For more information, see the Metadata API Developer Guide. Note
TableEnumOrId	Type picklist Properties Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update Description Specifies the object associated with the trigger, such as Account or Contact.
UsageAfterDelete	Type boolean Properties Create, Filter, Update Description Specifies whether the trigger is an `after delete` trigger (`true`) or not (`false`).
UsageAfterInsert	Type boolean Properties Create, Filter, Update Description Specifies whether the trigger is an `after insert` trigger (`true`) or not (`false`).
UsageAfterUndelete	Type boolean Properties Create, Filter, Update Description Specifies whether the trigger is an `after undelete` trigger (`true`) or not (`false`).
UsageAfterUpdate	Type boolean Properties Create, Filter, Update Description Specifies whether the trigger is an `after update` trigger (`true`) or not (`false`).
UsageBeforeDelete	Type boolean Properties Create, Filter, Update Description Specifies whether the trigger is a `before delete` trigger (`true`) or not (`false`).
UsageBeforeInsert	Type boolean Properties Create, Filter, Update Description Specifies whether the trigger is a `before insert` trigger (`true`) or not (`false`).
UsageBeforeUpdate	Type boolean Properties Create, Filter, Update Description Specifies whether the trigger is a `before update` trigger (`true`) or not (`false`).
UsageIsBulk	Type boolean Properties Create, Filter, Update Description Specifies whether the trigger is defined as a bulk trigger (`true`) or not (`false`). This field is not used for Apex triggers saved using Salesforce API version 10.0 or higher: all triggers starting with that version are automatically considered bulk, and this field will always return `true`. Note

Object Reference for Salesforce and Lightning Platform

ApexTrigger

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