ApexMetadata API Samples

Metadata.java

MetadataService.MetadataPort service = new MetadataService.MetadataPort();
service.SessionHeader = new MetadataService.SessionHeader_element();
service.SessionHeader.sessionId = UserInfo.getSessionId();
MetadataService.Layout layout = (MetadataService.Layout) service.readMetadata('Layout', new String[] { 'Account-Account Layout' }).getRecords()[0];

system.debug(JSON.serializePretty(layout.layoutSections[0].layoutColumns[0].layoutItems[0].field));

List<MetadataService.ListMetadataQuery> queries = new List<MetadataService.ListMetadataQuery>();        
MetadataService.ListMetadataQuery queryListView = new MetadataService.ListMetadataQuery();
queryListView.type_x = 'ListView';
queries.add(queryListView);
MetadataService.ListMetadataQuery queryLayout = new MetadataService.ListMetadataQuery();
queryLayout.type_x = 'Layout'; //'RecordType' also works
queries.add(queryLayout);
MetadataService.FileProperties[] fileProperties = service.listMetadata(queries, 25);
//for(MetadataService.FileProperties fileProperty : fileProperties) system.debug(fileProperty.fullName);
            
MetadataService.ListView listView = 
	(MetadataService.ListView) service.readMetadata('ListView', 
		new String[] { 'Contact.MyContacts' }).getRecords()[0];

system.debug(JSON.serializePretty(listView));
if(listView.columns!=null)	    
	for(String column : listView.columns)
		System.debug('Column ' + column);
if(listView.filters!=null)
	for(MetadataService.ListViewFilter filter : listView.filters)
		System.debug('Filter ' + filter.field + ' ' + filter.operation + ' ' + filter.value);


queryLayout.type_x = 'RecordType';
queries.add(queryLayout);
MetadataService.FileProperties[] fileProperties = service.listMetadata(queries, 25);
for(MetadataService.FileProperties fileProperty : fileProperties) system.debug(fileProperty.fullName);
            
MetadataService.RecordType recordType =  (MetadataService.RecordType) service.readMetadata('RecordType', 
	new String[] { 'Contact.Person' }).getRecords()[0];