Metadata and Web Services APIs
Force.com also provides programmatic APIs for building applications. These APIs are compatible with SOAP-based development environments, including Visual Studio .NET (C#) and Apache Axis (Java and C++).
Applications can leverage Force.com APIs to integrate with other environments. For example, applications can leverage APIs to access data in other systems, build mashups that combine information originating from multiple data sources, include external systems as part of an application process, or build fat clients to interact with the Force.com Platform database management system.
The Force.com Metadata API is useful for managing application components—to create and modify the metadata that corresponds to custom ...
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