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

Result ObjectsReadResultNamepartialSaveAllowedTypebooleanDescriptionIndicates whether rollbackOnError is allowed (true) or not (false).This value is always :• false in production organizations.• the opposite of testRequired.testRequiredbooleanIndicates whether tests are required (true) or not (false).This value is always the opposite of partialSaveAllowed.DescribeMetadataObjectThis object is returned as part of the DescribeMetadataResult. Each DescribeMetadataObject has the following properties:NamechildXmlNamesdirectoryNameinFoldermetaFilesuffixxmlNameTypestring[]stringbooleanbooleanstringstringDescriptionList of child sub-components for this component.The name of the directory in the .zip file that contains this component.Indicates whether the component is in a folder (true) or not (false). For example,documents, email templates and reports are stored in folders.Indicates whether the component requires an accompanying metadata file. Forexample, documents, classes, and s-controls are components that require anadditional metadata file.The file suffix for this component.The name of the root element in the metadata file for this component. This namealso appears in the Packages > types > name field in the manifest filepackage.xml.ReadResultContains result information for the readMetadata call.VersionAvailable in API version 30.0 and later.PropertiesNamerecordsTypeMetadata[]DescriptionAn array of metadata components returned from readMetadata().RetrieveResultContains information about the success or failure of the associated retrieve() call.The metadata retrieve() call returns a RetrieveResult object.69