Getting Started with Force.com Streaming API
A simple way to experiment with the Streaming API is to create a Visualforce page to serve as the subscriber. You can then visually see notifications as they arrive. Figure 11.1 shows a sample Visualforce page to do this. The button on the top starts and stops notifications by creating and deleting a PushTopic record. The table below it displays notifications as they arrive from Force.com, in response to the creation and modification of Timecard records.
Figure 11.1 Streaming API example
To try this example in your own Salesforce organization, create the controller class in Listing 11.1. Then download ...
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