Apex Developer Guide
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Actions
Chatter Answers and Ideas
Moderate Chatter Private Messages with Triggers
Moderate Feed Items with Triggers
Experience Cloud Sites
Apex Considerations for Salesforce Connect External Objects
Writable External Objects
External Change Data Capture Packaging and Testing
Create a Sample DataSource.Connection Class
Create a Sample DataSource.Provider Class
Set Up Salesforce Connect to Use Your Custom Adapter
Considerations for the Apex Connector Framework
Support Classes
Territory Management 2.0
Apex Reference
Glossary
Newer Version Available
Get Started with the Apex Connector Framework
To get started with your first custom adapter for Salesforce Connect, create two Apex
classes: one that extends the DataSource.Connection
class, and one that extends the DataSource.Provider
class.
Let’s step through the code of a sample custom adapter.
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Create a Sample DataSource.Connection Class
First, create a DataSource.Connection class to enable Salesforce to obtain the external system’s schema and to handle queries and searches of the external data. -
Create a Sample DataSource.Provider Class
Now you need a class that extends and overrides a few methods in DataSource.Provider. -
Set Up Salesforce Connect to Use Your Custom Adapter
After you create your DataSource.Connection and DataSource.Provider classes, the Salesforce Connect custom adapter becomes available in Setup.