update()

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17public void updateCustomObject() {
18  try {
19    CustomObject co = new CustomObject();
20    String name = "MyCustomObject";
21    co.setFullName(name + "__c");
22    co.setDeploymentStatus(DeploymentStatus.Deployed);
23    co.setDescription("Created by the Metadata API");
24    co.setEnableActivities(true);
25    co.setLabel(name + " Object");
26    co.setPluralLabel(co.getLabel() + "s");
27    co.setSharingModel(SharingModel.ReadWrite);
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29    CustomField nf = new CustomField();
30    nf.setType(FieldType.Text);
31    nf.setLabel(co.getFullName() + " Name");
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33    co.setNameField(nf);
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35    UpdateMetadata updateMetadata = new UpdateMetadata();
36    updateMetadata.setMetadata(co);
37    updateMetadata.setCurrentName("TheCurrentName");
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39    AsyncResult[] ars = metadataConnection.update(new UpdateMetadata[] 
40        { updateMetadata });
41    AsyncResult asyncResult = ars[0];
42    // set initial wait time to one second in milliseconds
43    long waitTimeMilliSecs = 1000;
44    while (!asyncResult.isDone()) {
45      Thread.sleep(waitTimeMilliSecs);
46      // double the wait time for the next iteration
47      waitTimeMilliSecs *= 2;
48      asyncResult = metadataConnection.checkStatus(
49        new String[] {asyncResult.getId()})[0];
50      System.out.println("Status is: " + asyncResult.getState());
51    }
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53    if (asyncResult.getState() != AsyncRequestState.Completed) {
54      System.out.println(asyncResult.getStatusCode() + " msg: " +
55          asyncResult.getMessage());
56    }
57  } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
58    ie.printStackTrace();
59  } catch (ConnectionException ce) {
60    ce.printStackTrace();
61  }
62}