How to set managed packaged versions for apex class with tooling api?

Question

Trying to work on a mm bug (see Issues with managed package visibility?) with the tooling api which involves not sending over the managed package versions in the meta-xml files.

I've read through all the tooling api docs and I can't seem to find anywhere, or elsewhere. Is this just a gap in the tooling api or is there some technique to send along the correct metadata about the managed package versions an apex class should be compiled with?

Answer 1

Have you checked the ApexClassMember.Metadata field, which is of type ApexClassMetadata.

The ApexClassMetadata includes a packageVersions element with zero or more occurrences. These are of type PackageVersionMetadata (majorNumber, minorNumber, namespace).

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Note: I haven't tried this is practice yet, but all the parts look correct for referencing versions of a managed package.

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Here is how it appears in the Tooling API WSDL:

  <xsd:complexType name="ApexClassMetadata">
    <xsd:complexContent mixed="false">
      <xsd:extension base="tns:Metadata">
        <xsd:sequence>
          <xsd:element name="apiVersion" type="xsd:double" />
          <xsd:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" name="packageVersions" type="tns:PackageVersionMetadata" />
          <xsd:element name="status" type="tns:ApexCodeUnitStatus" />
        </xsd:sequence>
      </xsd:extension>
    </xsd:complexContent>
  </xsd:complexType>