System logging: How to get.SobJRecordType() Record Type Name

Question

Related to my latest flurry of questions, I am trying to write the Record Type Name as a String data type into a text DML Log custom object field.

You will likely be able to tell by my code that I have been banging my head against the wall on this one for a while:

SObject_Record_Type__c = (String) sobj.getSObjectType.getDescribe().getRecordTypeInfosById().getName()

This is the farthest I have come, and it throws this compile error:

Field expression not allowed for generic SObject at line 11 column 68

I would continue to bang my head against this and scour the Sobj method documentation (as I have already), but I am against a deadline and feel I am missing something big-- What is the next step in successfully writing the sObject's Record Type name into the text field?

EDIT: Here is the latest update to that statement (shoutout to cropredy for the help):

Name__c = (String) sobj.get('name'),
                                 SObject_Id__c = (Id) sobj.get('Id'),
                                 SObject_Record_Type__c = sobj.getSobjectType().getDescribe().getRecordTypeInfos().size() <= 1  // master recordtype will exist in describe even if no others 
                                        ? null
                                        : (String) sobj.get('recordtypeId')

This has worked in passing the RecordTypeId to the field, but I am trying to pass the Record Type Name in to that field.

Does it make sense to just assign this new statement to a temporary variable, then do a .getName() lookup against that variable and pass it into the custom object's field?

Answer 1

Example to get the dynamic recordType

//Generate a map of tokens for the sObjects in your organization
Map<String, SObjectType> gd = Schema.getGlobalDescribe();

//Retrieve the describe result for the desired object
DescribeSObjectResult result = gd.get('Account').getDescribe();

//Generate a map of tokens for all the Record Types for the desired object
Map<String,Schema.RecordTypeInfo> recordTypeInfo = result.getRecordTypeInfosByName();
system.debug('RECORD TYPES:' + recordTypeInfo);

//Retrieve the record type id by name
String recordTypeId = recordTypeInfo.get('RECORDTYPE_NAME').getRecordTypeId();
system.debug('RECORD Id:' + recordTypeId);

NOTE: Replace Account and RECORDTYPE_NAME based on your requirement.