Tag Archives: InvocableMethod

Invoke Future Method From Process Builder

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Sample Code:

public class ContactProcessBuilderHandler {
    
    @InvocableMethod 
    public static void sendNotification(List<String> contactIds) {
        sendEmailToContacts(contactIds);
    }
    
    @future //Use callout = true, for callouts
    public static void sendEmailToContacts(List<String> contactIds) {
        //Write your business logic
    }
}

Invoke Apex Callout From Process Builder

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Sample Code:

public class ContactProcessBuilderHandler {
    
    @InvocableMethod 
    public static void sendContacts(List<Contact> conList) {
        string jsonData = JSON.serialize(conList);
        sendContactsToOracle(jsonData);
    }
    
    @future(callout = true)
    public static void sendContactsToOracle(string jsonData) {
        HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();
        HttpResponse res = new HttpResponse();
        Http http = new Http();
        req.setEndpoint('https://your endpoint url');
        req.setMethod('POST');
        req.setHeader('Authorization', 'Authorization Header');
        req.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
        req.setBody(jsonData);
        req.setCompressed(true); 
		res = http.send(req);
    }
}

Invocable Method in Salesforce

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We use @InvocableMethod annotation, whenever we want to invoke an apex method from the Process Builder then that method must be declared as @InvocableMethod, otherwise it can’t be accessed in Process Builder.

Invocable Annotation Method Example:

public class AccountAction {
    @InvocableMethod(label='Update Account' description='Update the list of accounts to the specified account IDs.')
    public static void updateAccounts(List<Id> ids) {
       
    }
}

Use Cases of Invocable Method:

  • The Invocable method must be static and public or global, and its class must be an outer class.
  • Only one method in a class can have the InvocableMethod annotation.
  • Triggers can’t reference Invocable methods.
  • Invocable method will not accept more than one argument as a method parameter
    Other annotations can’t be used with the InvocableMethod annotation.

Inputs and Outputs of Invocable Method:
There can be at most one input parameter and its data type must be one of the following:

  • A list of a primitive data type or a list of lists of a primitive data type – the generic Object type is not supported.
  • A list of an sObject type or a list of lists of an sObject type – the generic sObject type is not supported.
  • A list of a user-defined type, containing variables of the supported types and with the InvocableVariable annotation. Create a custom global or public Apex class to implement your data type, and make sure your class contains at least one member variable with the invocable variable annotation.
  • If the return type is not Null, the data type returned by the method must be one of the following:
    • A list of a primitive data type or a list of lists of a primitive data type – the generic Object type is not supported.
    • A list of an sObject type or a list of lists of an sObject type – the generic sObject type is not supported.
    • A list of a user-defined type, containing variables of the supported types and with the InvocableVariable annotation. Create a custom global or public Apex class to implement your data type, and make sure your class contains at least one member variable with the invocable variable annotation.

Invocable Methods in Managed Packages:

  • We can use InvocableMethod in packages, but once we add an Invocable method, we can’t remove it from later versions of the package.
  • Public Invocable methods can be referred to by flows and processes within the managed package.
  • Global Invocable methods can be referred to anywhere in the subscriber org. Only global Invocable methods appear in the Cloud Flow Designer and Process Builder in the subscriber org.