Database.com Metadata API Developer's Guide - Salesforce.com

Metadata TypesProfileField NamedescriptionfieldLevelSecuritiesfieldPermissionsfullNameloginHoursloginIpRangesobjectPermissionsuserLicenseuserPermissionsField TypestringProfileFieldLevelSecurity[]ProfileFieldLevelSecurity[]stringProfileLoginHours[]ProfileLoginIpRange[]ProfileObjectPermissions[]stringProfileUserPermission[]DescriptionThe profile description. Limit: 255 characters.Available in API version 30.0 and later.Indicates which fields are visible to a user assignedto this profile, and the kind of access available(editable or hidden). This field is available in APIversion 22.0 and earlier.Indicates which fields are visible to a user assignedto this profile, and the kind of access available(editable or readable). This field is available in APIversion 23.0 and later.The name can only contain characters, letters, andthe underscore (_) character, must start with a letter,and cannot end with an underscore or contain twoconsecutive underscore characters.Inherited from the Metadata component, this fieldis not defined in the WSDL for this component. Itmust be specified when creating, updating, ordeleting. See create() to see an example of thisfield specified for a call.Indicates the hours within which a user with thisprofile may log in. If not specified, the profile doesn’trestrict a user’s login hours.This field is available in API version 25.0 and later.The list of IP address ranges from which users witha particular profile can log in.This field is available in API version 17.0 and later.Indicates which objects are accessible to a userassigned to this profile, and the kind of accessavailable (create, read, edit, delete, and so on). In APIversion 28.0 and later, this field is only retrieved whenallowRead is true.The User License for the profile. A user licenseentitles a user to different functionality withinDatabase.com and determines which profiles andpermission sets are available to the user.This field is available in API version 17.0 and later.Specifies a user permission (such as “API Enabled”)and whether it’s enabled for this profile. This fieldretrieves only enabled user permissions. Available inAPI version 29.0 and later.ProfileApexClassAccessProfileApexClassAccess determines which top-level Apex classes have methods that users assigned to this profile can execute.131