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Integration and Apex Utilities
Apex allows you to integrate with external SOAP and REST Web services using callouts.
You can use utilities for JSON, XML, data security, and encoding. A general-purpose utility
for regular expressions with text strings is also provided.
JSON Support
JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) support in Apex enables the serialization of Apex objects into JSON format and the deserialization of serialized JSON content.
XML Support
Apex provides utility classes that enable the creation and parsing of XML content using streams and the DOM.
Securing Your Data
You can secure your data by using the methods provided by the Crypto class.
Encoding Your Data
You can encode and decode URLs and convert strings to hexadecimal format by using the methods provided by the EncodingUtil class.
Using Patterns and Matchers
Apex provides patterns and matchers that enable you to search text using regular expressions.
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