Apex Developer Guide

Apex Developer Guide
Getting Started with Apex
Writing Apex
Running Apex
Invoking Apex
Apex Transactions and Governor Limits
Using Salesforce Features with Apex
Integration and Apex Utilities
Invoking Callouts Using Apex
JSON Support
XML Support
Securing Your Data
Encoding Your Data
Using Patterns and Matchers
Debugging, Testing, and Deploying Apex
Apex Language Reference
Appendices
Glossary
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Securing Your Data

You can secure your data by using the methods provided by the Crypto class.

The methods in the Crypto class provide standard algorithms for creating digests, message authentication codes, and signatures, as well as encrypting and decrypting information. These can be used for securing content in Salesforce, or for integrating with external services such as Google or Amazon WebServices (AWS).

Example Integrating Amazon WebServices

The following example demonstrates an integration of Amazon WebServices with Salesforce:

Example Encrypting and Decrypting

The following example uses the encryptWithManagedIV and decryptWithManagedIV methods, as well as the generateAesKey method of the Crypto class.

The following is an example of writing a unit test for the encryptWithManagedIV and decryptWithManagedIV Crypto methods.