Database Records as Objects
All database objects, standard and custom, are available as first-class members of the Apex language, automatically and transparently. This eliminates the mind-numbing, error-prone work of importing, mapping, and translating between relational and program data structures, chores commonly required in general-purpose programming languages. In Apex, references to database objects are verified at compile time. This reduces the possibility of runtime surprises caused by field or object mismatches. Listing 4.23 shows an example of creating a record in the Contact object and setting its first name field.
Listing 4.23 Creating a Record
Contact contact = new Contact();contact.FirstName = 'Larry'; ...
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