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I've already set a default value for the field name with testUser

However, when I tried to create an object from Account.

The object still not coming with the default value on the name field.

Any possible to do so?

Because I'm creating a Web API (non-restful) and pass a new object with default values to the front-end.

How could I get it?

Why doesn't Salesforce provide with such an essential function?

Account acc = new Account();

System.Debug(LoggingLevel.DEBUG, JSON.serializePretty(
        acc
));

Expected output

10:57:50.27 (29577741)|USER_DEBUG|[3]|DEBUG|{
  "attributes" : {
    "type" : "Account"
  },
  "Name" : "testUser"
}

Actual output

10:57:50.27 (29577741)|USER_DEBUG|[3]|DEBUG|{
  "attributes" : {
    "type" : "Account"
  },
}
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  • you should be able to see the Json of account in debug logs but are you saying that you don't see any new account created with that name?
    – night crawler
    Jan 18, 2017 at 18:56
  • pls see my update, thanks~~ I provide more concrete outputs
    – newBike
    Jan 18, 2017 at 18:59
  • where did you set the default value for the account? I don't see it now?
    – night crawler
    Jan 18, 2017 at 19:21
  • I set the value here . i.imgur.com/XUyK3NY.png
    – newBike
    Jan 18, 2017 at 19:26

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You can instantiate a record with its default values using the SObjectType method newSObject. Note it has a signature which accepts recordTypeId and loadDefaults. 

SObjectType accountType = Account.sObjectType;
Account recordWithDefaults = (Account)accountType.newSObject(/*recordTypeId*/ null, /*loadDefaults*/ true);
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  • I know it's usually not a good thing to change an accepted answer, but I am doing it since the right method is now . newSObject not .newInstance.
    – Sebastian Kessel
    Aug 10, 2018 at 17:23
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    @SebastianKessel No problem nice catch
    – Adrian Larson ♦
    Aug 10, 2018 at 18:31
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Default values will be populated for unspecified fields at the moment the record is inserted, not when a JSON deserialize is performed. You can also describe fields and get the getDefaultValue method from the DescribeSObjectFieldResult class.

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  • It doesn't work for custom objects. I also have a custom object Loan_Account__c . And I got this exception Variable does not exist: Loan_Account__c.Description
    – newBike
    Jan 18, 2017 at 19:25
  • the field should be Loan_Account__c.Description__c
    – night crawler
    Jan 18, 2017 at 19:28
  • Still not working on custome objects. Loan_Account__c.Description__c Compile failure on line 3, column 9: Variable does not exist: Loan_Account__c.Description__c
    – newBike
    Jan 18, 2017 at 19:45
  • can you please post the whole code? Also, please check field accessibility for that field
    – night crawler
    Jan 18, 2017 at 19:47
  • @newBike I have to agree. It sounds like a compilation error. You're doing something not quite right.
    – sfdcfox
    Jan 18, 2017 at 19:47
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Finally, I found salesforce provides this feature actually.

Schema.getGlobalDescribe().get('loan_account__c').newSObject(null, true)

Put the first argument as null for the ID and set 2nd arg as true for loading defaults.

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    So if you compare that with my answer, the difference is that instead SObjectType accountType = Account.sObjectType, you're doing a more verbose (and dramatically less efficient) SObjectType accountType = Schema.getGlobalDescribe().get('loan_account__c'). Getting the global describe consumes a lot of CPU Time, so avoid it if you can. Just change Account.sObjectType to Loan_Account__c.sObjectType.
    – Adrian Larson ♦
    Jan 18, 2017 at 21:30

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