Trigger: Find out the name of the object the trigger is firing for?












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Is it possible for the trigger to see the name of the object it's firing for? Say can I make the OpportunityTrigger be aware that the object name it's firing for is Opportunity without hardcoding the object name in the code?



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I want to use Custom Metadata to make Object_To_Track_mdt. Once a trigger fires I want to use the object name the trigger is firing for to see if the object needs to be tracked or not. Here's a very rough code sample I have in mind:



Object_To_Track__mdt trackedObject = [

                SELECT Id, 

                (SELECT Id FROM Fields_To_Track__r) 

                FROM Object_To_Track__mdt

                WHERE DeveloperName='Lead'

];

if (trackedObject  != null && trackedObject.Fields_To_Track__r.size() > 0) {

    // Verify if the modified fields for Lead need to be tracked or not.

}





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    Is it possible for the trigger to see the name of the object it's firing for? Say can I make the OpportunityTrigger be aware that the object name it's firing for is Opportunity without hardcoding the object name in the code?



    EDIT



    I want to use Custom Metadata to make Object_To_Track_mdt. Once a trigger fires I want to use the object name the trigger is firing for to see if the object needs to be tracked or not. Here's a very rough code sample I have in mind:



    Object_To_Track__mdt trackedObject = [
    
                SELECT Id, 
    
                (SELECT Id FROM Fields_To_Track__r) 
    
                FROM Object_To_Track__mdt
    
                WHERE DeveloperName='Lead'
    
];
    
if (trackedObject  != null && trackedObject.Fields_To_Track__r.size() > 0) {
    
    // Verify if the modified fields for Lead need to be tracked or not.
    
}





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      Is it possible for the trigger to see the name of the object it's firing for? Say can I make the OpportunityTrigger be aware that the object name it's firing for is Opportunity without hardcoding the object name in the code?



      EDIT



      I want to use Custom Metadata to make Object_To_Track_mdt. Once a trigger fires I want to use the object name the trigger is firing for to see if the object needs to be tracked or not. Here's a very rough code sample I have in mind:



      Object_To_Track__mdt trackedObject = [
      
                SELECT Id, 
      
                (SELECT Id FROM Fields_To_Track__r) 
      
                FROM Object_To_Track__mdt
      
                WHERE DeveloperName='Lead'
      
];
      
if (trackedObject  != null && trackedObject.Fields_To_Track__r.size() > 0) {
      
    // Verify if the modified fields for Lead need to be tracked or not.
      
}





      apex trigger custom-metadata sobjecttype







      share|improve this question
















      Is it possible for the trigger to see the name of the object it's firing for? Say can I make the OpportunityTrigger be aware that the object name it's firing for is Opportunity without hardcoding the object name in the code?



      EDIT



      I want to use Custom Metadata to make Object_To_Track_mdt. Once a trigger fires I want to use the object name the trigger is firing for to see if the object needs to be tracked or not. Here's a very rough code sample I have in mind:



      Object_To_Track__mdt trackedObject = [
      
                SELECT Id, 
      
                (SELECT Id FROM Fields_To_Track__r) 
      
                FROM Object_To_Track__mdt
      
                WHERE DeveloperName='Lead'
      
];
      
if (trackedObject  != null && trackedObject.Fields_To_Track__r.size() > 0) {
      
    // Verify if the modified fields for Lead need to be tracked or not.
      
}





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          If you don't care about the delete contexts, you can just do:



          SObjectType triggerType = trigger.new.getSObjectType();


          It doesn't add much complexity, however, to use a ternary to check for the null case:



          SObjectType triggerType = trigger.isDelete ? 
          
    trigger.old.getSObjectType() :
          
    trigger.new.getSObjectType();





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            If you don't care about the delete contexts, you can just do:



            SObjectType triggerType = trigger.new.getSObjectType();


            It doesn't add much complexity, however, to use a ternary to check for the null case:



            SObjectType triggerType = trigger.isDelete ? 
            
    trigger.old.getSObjectType() :
            
    trigger.new.getSObjectType();





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              If you don't care about the delete contexts, you can just do:



              SObjectType triggerType = trigger.new.getSObjectType();


              It doesn't add much complexity, however, to use a ternary to check for the null case:



              SObjectType triggerType = trigger.isDelete ? 
              
    trigger.old.getSObjectType() :
              
    trigger.new.getSObjectType();





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                If you don't care about the delete contexts, you can just do:



                SObjectType triggerType = trigger.new.getSObjectType();


                It doesn't add much complexity, however, to use a ternary to check for the null case:



                SObjectType triggerType = trigger.isDelete ? 
                
    trigger.old.getSObjectType() :
                
    trigger.new.getSObjectType();





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                If you don't care about the delete contexts, you can just do:



                SObjectType triggerType = trigger.new.getSObjectType();


                It doesn't add much complexity, however, to use a ternary to check for the null case:



                SObjectType triggerType = trigger.isDelete ? 
                
    trigger.old.getSObjectType() :
                
    trigger.new.getSObjectType();






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