StandardController Methods and Constructors

StandardController Methods

The following are methods for StandardController. All are instance methods.

• addFields(List<String>) 
  When a Visualforce page is loaded, the fields accessible to the page are based on the fields referenced in the Visualforce markup. This method adds a reference to each field specified in fieldNames so that the controller can explicitly access those fields as well.
• cancel() 
  Returns the PageReference of the cancel page.
• delete() 
  Deletes record and returns the PageReference of the delete page.
• edit() 
  Returns the PageReference of the standard edit page.
• getId() 
  Returns the ID of the record that is currently in context, based on the value of the id query string parameter in the Visualforce page URL.
• getRecord() 
  Returns the record that is currently in context, based on the value of the id query string parameter in the Visualforce page URL.
• reset() 
  Forces the controller to reacquire access to newly referenced fields. Any changes made to the record prior to this method call are discarded.
• save() 
  Saves changes and returns the updated PageReference.
• view() 
  Returns the PageReference object of the standard detail page

StandardController Constructors

The following are constructors for StandardController.

• StandardController(SObject) 
  Creates a new instance of the ApexPages.StandardController class for the specified standard or custom object.