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What is the difference between custom objects custom settings and custom meta data?
Main difference between custom metadata and custom setting is that custom metadata records are deployable and packagable. But we can not deploy custom setting data. Custom settings enable you to create custom sets of data, as well as create and associate custom data for an organization, profile, or specific user.
Can we insert custom metadata in Test class?
We can’t insert custom metadata records (despite the fact that users may play with them and delete and modify the data in the custom metadata record). We can’t even construct a custom metadata record to use it inside Test. loadData .
Which is better custom objects or custom metadata?
Packaged, protected Custom Metadata Types are an ideal solution for secret storage in a managed package context. While Protected Custom Objects and Protected Custom Settings can also offer secret storage, only Custom Metadata Types allow those secrets to be packaged and deployed, and protected from everything outside the boundary of packaged Apex.
What’s the difference between custom settings and custom data?
Custom settings enable you to create custom sets of data, as well as create and associate custom data for an organization, profile, or specific user. All custom settings data is exposed in the application cache, which enables efficient access without the cost of repeated queries to the database.
How are custom metadata types treated in apex?
Custom metadata types extend this concept. In fact, the interface for creating custom metadata types and custom metadata records is almost identical to that of creating custom objects and custom object records. In Apex, custom metadata types can be treated as SObjects and respond to SOQL queries the same way SObjects would.
Why are custom objects treated similar to seealldata?
Because they are treated similar to @seeAllData, it actually makes integration testing the current configuration of the ORG much easier. However (IMO), Salesforce missed too many features to make them the clear choice in every scenario: Objects cannot reference them. This results in a lot of “magic” relationships being setup (EG string matching).