Metadata API Developer Guide
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AsyncResult
CancelDeployResult
DeployResult
DescribeMetadataResult
DescribeValueTypeResult
ReadResult
RetrieveResult
SaveResult
DeleteResult
UpsertResult
Error
Result Objects
Use the following objects to get the results of your file-based or CRUD-based calls.
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AsyncResult
Contains the ID of a deployment or retrieval. In API version 28.0 and earlier, contains status information of any asynchronous metadata call. -
CancelDeployResult
Contains information about a deployment cancellation—whether the cancellation completed and the deployment ID. -
DeployResult
Contains information about the success or failure of the associated deploy() call. -
DescribeMetadataResult
Contains information about the organization that is useful for developers working with declarative metadata. -
DescribeValueTypeResult
Contains information about a value type that’s useful for developers working with declarative metadata. -
ReadResult
Contains result information for the readMetadata call. -
RetrieveResult
The retrieve() call returns an array of RetrieveResult objects. -
SaveResult
Contains result information for the createMetadata, updateMetadata, or renameMetadata call. -
DeleteResult
Contains result information for the deleteMetadata call. -
UpsertResult
Contains information about the result of the associated upsertMetadata() call. -
Error
Represents an error that occurred during a synchronous CRUD (createMetadata(), updateMetadata(), or deleteMetadata()) operation.