Error while trying Webservice

Question

Hello Guys,

I am learning Webservice but I am getting this error ::Error: Compile Error: Argument type of global method must also be global: Account at line 2 column 26

I am following the salesforce documentation Salesforce Apex Document, If they have given it in document it means code is proper. Is there any problem with my Developer Edition ? I even tried deactivating the triggers but it's not working .

Answer 1

You have a class named Account. Unless that class is global, it would not be accessible to the Web Service method.

public class Account { /* Cannot be a parameter in a web service */ }

global class Account { /* Can be a parameter in a web service */ }

If you specify a class name that mimics a system object (e.g. Account, Contact), then you must explicitly use the Schema namespace to reference the standard object. The following code will work regardless of the presence of an Account class:

global class MyWebService {
    webservice static Id makeContact(String lastName, Schema.Account a) {
        Contact c = new Contact(LastName='Weissman', AccountId=a.Id);
        insert c;
        return c.Id;
    }
}