template generate apex trigger

Generate an Apex trigger.

Generates the Apex trigger *.trigger file and associated metadata file. These files must be contained in a parent directory called “triggers” in your package directory. Either run this command from an existing directory of this name, or use the –output-dir flag to generate one or point to an existing one.

If you don’t specify the –sobject flag, the .trigger file contains the generic placeholder SOBJECT; replace it with the Salesforce object you want to generate a trigger for. If you don’t specify –event, “before insert” is used.

force:apex:trigger:create

apex:generate:trigger

Flag Name (Long)	Flag Name (Short)	Description
`‑‑api‑version`	N/A	Type: Value Override the api version used for api requests made by this command
`‑‑event`	`‑e`	Type: Value Valid Values: `before insert`, `before update`, `before delete`, `after insert`, `after update`, `after delete`, `after undelete` Default value: `before insert` Events that fire the trigger.
`‑‑flags‑dir`	N/A	Type: Value Import flag values from a directory.
`‑‑json`	N/A	Type: Boolean Format output as json.
`‑‑name`	`‑n`	Type: Value Required Name of the generated Apex trigger The name can be up to 40 characters and must start with a letter.
`‑‑output‑dir`	`‑d`	Type: Value Default value: `.` Directory for saving the created files. The location can be an absolute path or relative to the current working directory. The default is the current directory.
`‑‑sobject`	`‑s`	Type: Value Default value: `SOBJECT` Salesforce object to generate a trigger on.
`‑‑template`	`‑t`	Type: Value Valid Values: `ApexTrigger` Default value: `ApexTrigger` Template to use for file creation. Supplied parameter values or default values are filled into a copy of the template.

Generate two files associated with the MyTrigger Apex trigger (MyTrigger.trigger and MyTrigger.trigger-meta.xml) in the current directory:

Similar to the previous example, but generate the files in the “force-app/main/default/triggers” directory:

Generate files for a trigger that fires on the Account object before and after an insert: