Why can't I add a helper method in a trigger?

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Why can't I add a helper method in a trigger?

I am guessing it's because a trigger is meant to point to a class which can hold methods and be object oriented

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Why can't I add a helper method in a trigger?

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Why can't I add a helper method in a trigger?

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Why can't I add a helper method in a trigger?

I am guessing it's because a trigger is meant to point to a class which can hold methods and be object oriented

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Triggers are not a real Apex classes and yes, they are meant to point to classes because of security concerns.

By default Saleforce executes code in system context. Object permissions, field-level security, and sharing rules arenÃ¢Â€Â™t applied. The default value is without sharing and in triggers you can't specify with sharing keyword.

Triggers itslef should not contain any business logic due to that.

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Why can't I add a helper method in a trigger?

Because itÃ¢Â€Â™s not allowed syntactically. In any programming language, you have to adhere to the syntax as defined by the platform. Similar is the case for any Apex Trigger. The trigger syntax as defined on its documentation
is as below, and so you have to make sure the way you write your trigger follows that, else you end up with compilation errors.

trigger TriggerName on ObjectName (trigger_events) 
Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â code_block

It is not necessarily required that you have to write a class and that you call it from your trigger. Why we do it that way is to have a modular approach and separate and contain much of Ã¢Â€ÂœboilerplateÃ¢Â€Â code outside of trigger. If you have say few line of statements be executed, you can choose to write that directly within the trigger without the need of any other class.

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Good question! And, yes, you're right on target.

A trigger in Salesforce is like a database "stored procedure". There isn't an analogy to be made with any object-oriented programming concept that I know of.

More info here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stored_procedure

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You can add helper methods to triggers. You can even add classes to your triggers. It may seem odd, but the code definitely compiles and runs the way you expect it to. The modern recommendation is to use helper classes, but nothing prevents you from writing helper methods in a trigger. Please note that helper methods written this way cannot be used outside of the trigger it is defined in (hence, the reason why it's recommended you don't do this), but for people who don't want the hassle of a trigger framework, defining helper methods this way can lend legibility to your trigger.

trigger q233513 on Account (before insert) 
 void helper() 
 System.debug('Helper in trigger.');
 
 class q222513 
 void helper() 
 System.debug('Helper in inner class.');
 
 
 helper();
 q222513 help = new q222513();
 help.helper();

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Triggers are not a real Apex classes and yes, they are meant to point to classes because of security concerns.

By default Saleforce executes code in system context. Object permissions, field-level security, and sharing rules arenÃ¢Â€Â™t applied. The default value is without sharing and in triggers you can't specify with sharing keyword.

Triggers itslef should not contain any business logic due to that.

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Triggers are not a real Apex classes and yes, they are meant to point to classes because of security concerns.

By default Saleforce executes code in system context. Object permissions, field-level security, and sharing rules arenÃ¢Â€Â™t applied. The default value is without sharing and in triggers you can't specify with sharing keyword.

Triggers itslef should not contain any business logic due to that.

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Triggers are not a real Apex classes and yes, they are meant to point to classes because of security concerns.

By default Saleforce executes code in system context. Object permissions, field-level security, and sharing rules arenÃ¢Â€Â™t applied. The default value is without sharing and in triggers you can't specify with sharing keyword.

Triggers itslef should not contain any business logic due to that.

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Michal Vavra

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Triggers are not a real Apex classes and yes, they are meant to point to classes because of security concerns.

By default Saleforce executes code in system context. Object permissions, field-level security, and sharing rules arenÃ¢Â€Â™t applied. The default value is without sharing and in triggers you can't specify with sharing keyword.

Triggers itslef should not contain any business logic due to that.

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Why can't I add a helper method in a trigger?

Because itÃ¢Â€Â™s not allowed syntactically. In any programming language, you have to adhere to the syntax as defined by the platform. Similar is the case for any Apex Trigger. The trigger syntax as defined on its documentation
is as below, and so you have to make sure the way you write your trigger follows that, else you end up with compilation errors.

trigger TriggerName on ObjectName (trigger_events) 
Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â code_block

It is not necessarily required that you have to write a class and that you call it from your trigger. Why we do it that way is to have a modular approach and separate and contain much of Ã¢Â€ÂœboilerplateÃ¢Â€Â code outside of trigger. If you have say few line of statements be executed, you can choose to write that directly within the trigger without the need of any other class.

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Why can't I add a helper method in a trigger?

Because itÃ¢Â€Â™s not allowed syntactically. In any programming language, you have to adhere to the syntax as defined by the platform. Similar is the case for any Apex Trigger. The trigger syntax as defined on its documentation
is as below, and so you have to make sure the way you write your trigger follows that, else you end up with compilation errors.

trigger TriggerName on ObjectName (trigger_events) 
Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â code_block

It is not necessarily required that you have to write a class and that you call it from your trigger. Why we do it that way is to have a modular approach and separate and contain much of Ã¢Â€ÂœboilerplateÃ¢Â€Â code outside of trigger. If you have say few line of statements be executed, you can choose to write that directly within the trigger without the need of any other class.

answered 2 hours ago

Jayant Das

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Why can't I add a helper method in a trigger?

Because itÃ¢Â€Â™s not allowed syntactically. In any programming language, you have to adhere to the syntax as defined by the platform. Similar is the case for any Apex Trigger. The trigger syntax as defined on its documentation
is as below, and so you have to make sure the way you write your trigger follows that, else you end up with compilation errors.

trigger TriggerName on ObjectName (trigger_events) 
Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â code_block

It is not necessarily required that you have to write a class and that you call it from your trigger. Why we do it that way is to have a modular approach and separate and contain much of Ã¢Â€ÂœboilerplateÃ¢Â€Â code outside of trigger. If you have say few line of statements be executed, you can choose to write that directly within the trigger without the need of any other class.

answered 2 hours ago

Jayant Das

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Why can't I add a helper method in a trigger?

Because itÃ¢Â€Â™s not allowed syntactically. In any programming language, you have to adhere to the syntax as defined by the platform. Similar is the case for any Apex Trigger. The trigger syntax as defined on its documentation
is as below, and so you have to make sure the way you write your trigger follows that, else you end up with compilation errors.

trigger TriggerName on ObjectName (trigger_events) 
Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â code_block

It is not necessarily required that you have to write a class and that you call it from your trigger. Why we do it that way is to have a modular approach and separate and contain much of Ã¢Â€ÂœboilerplateÃ¢Â€Â code outside of trigger. If you have say few line of statements be executed, you can choose to write that directly within the trigger without the need of any other class.

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Good question! And, yes, you're right on target.

A trigger in Salesforce is like a database "stored procedure". There isn't an analogy to be made with any object-oriented programming concept that I know of.

More info here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stored_procedure

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Shane Steinfeld

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Good question! And, yes, you're right on target.

A trigger in Salesforce is like a database "stored procedure". There isn't an analogy to be made with any object-oriented programming concept that I know of.

More info here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stored_procedure

edited 2 hours ago

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Shane Steinfeld

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Good question! And, yes, you're right on target.

A trigger in Salesforce is like a database "stored procedure". There isn't an analogy to be made with any object-oriented programming concept that I know of.

More info here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stored_procedure

edited 2 hours ago

answered 2 hours ago

Shane Steinfeld

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Good question! And, yes, you're right on target.

A trigger in Salesforce is like a database "stored procedure". There isn't an analogy to be made with any object-oriented programming concept that I know of.

More info here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stored_procedure

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You can add helper methods to triggers. You can even add classes to your triggers. It may seem odd, but the code definitely compiles and runs the way you expect it to. The modern recommendation is to use helper classes, but nothing prevents you from writing helper methods in a trigger. Please note that helper methods written this way cannot be used outside of the trigger it is defined in (hence, the reason why it's recommended you don't do this), but for people who don't want the hassle of a trigger framework, defining helper methods this way can lend legibility to your trigger.

trigger q233513 on Account (before insert) 
 void helper() 
 System.debug('Helper in trigger.');
 
 class q222513 
 void helper() 
 System.debug('Helper in inner class.');
 
 
 helper();
 q222513 help = new q222513();
 help.helper();

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You can add helper methods to triggers. You can even add classes to your triggers. It may seem odd, but the code definitely compiles and runs the way you expect it to. The modern recommendation is to use helper classes, but nothing prevents you from writing helper methods in a trigger. Please note that helper methods written this way cannot be used outside of the trigger it is defined in (hence, the reason why it's recommended you don't do this), but for people who don't want the hassle of a trigger framework, defining helper methods this way can lend legibility to your trigger.

trigger q233513 on Account (before insert) 
 void helper() 
 System.debug('Helper in trigger.');
 
 class q222513 
 void helper() 
 System.debug('Helper in inner class.');
 
 
 helper();
 q222513 help = new q222513();
 help.helper();

answered 24 secs ago

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You can add helper methods to triggers. You can even add classes to your triggers. It may seem odd, but the code definitely compiles and runs the way you expect it to. The modern recommendation is to use helper classes, but nothing prevents you from writing helper methods in a trigger. Please note that helper methods written this way cannot be used outside of the trigger it is defined in (hence, the reason why it's recommended you don't do this), but for people who don't want the hassle of a trigger framework, defining helper methods this way can lend legibility to your trigger.

trigger q233513 on Account (before insert) 
 void helper() 
 System.debug('Helper in trigger.');
 
 class q222513 
 void helper() 
 System.debug('Helper in inner class.');
 
 
 helper();
 q222513 help = new q222513();
 help.helper();

answered 24 secs ago

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You can add helper methods to triggers. You can even add classes to your triggers. It may seem odd, but the code definitely compiles and runs the way you expect it to. The modern recommendation is to use helper classes, but nothing prevents you from writing helper methods in a trigger. Please note that helper methods written this way cannot be used outside of the trigger it is defined in (hence, the reason why it's recommended you don't do this), but for people who don't want the hassle of a trigger framework, defining helper methods this way can lend legibility to your trigger.

trigger q233513 on Account (before insert) 
 void helper() 
 System.debug('Helper in trigger.');
 
 class q222513 
 void helper() 
 System.debug('Helper in inner class.');
 
 
 helper();
 q222513 help = new q222513();
 help.helper();

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