Lambda provides functional constructs for SObject collections!

List<Account> accounts = new List<Account>{
    new Account(Name = 'Foo', AnnualRevenue = 50000),
    new Account(Name = 'Bar', AnnualRevenue = 30000)
}

Collection accountCollection = Collection.of(accounts);

Collection filtered = accountCollection.filter(Match.field(Account.AnnualRevenue).greaterThan(40000));
Collection mapped = filtered.mapAll(Transform.record(new Account(High_Value__c = true)));
Collection remaining = mapped.remove(Match.record(new Account(Name = 'Bar')));

Collection functions

• filter
• remove
• groupBy
• pick
• pluck
• mapAll
• mapSome

filter

Modifier and type	Method	Description
Collection	filter(SObjectPredicate predicate)	Returns a Collection view of records that satisfied predicate

Two predicates are provided out of the box, FieldsMatch and RecordMatch. They are instantiated through factory methods on Match:

Collection accountCollection = Collection.of(accounts);

Account prototype = new Account(Name = 'Foo');
Collection recordMatched = accountCollection.filter(Match.record(prototype));

Collection fieldMatched = accountCollection.filter(Match.field(Account.Name).equals('Foo'));

FieldsMatch

FieldsMatch returns true if a record satisfies all field matching conditions.

FieldsMatch is constructed with a fluent interface. Match factory method field returns an IncompleteFieldsMatch. FieldsMatch is obtained from the IncompleteFieldsMatch by providing a matching condition on the field. FieldsMatch can be expanded with a new matching condition to get another IncompleteFieldsMatch. The process is continued until all desired matching conditions are defined.

FieldsMatch m = Match.field(Account.Name).equals('Foo').also(Account.AnnualRevenue).greaterThan(100000);

FieldsMatch can be provided directly to filter method:

Collection filtered = Collection.of(accounts).filter(Match.field(Account.Name).equals('Foo').also(Account.AnnualRevenue).greaterThan(100000));

IncompleteFieldsMatch

Modifier and type	Method	Alias	Description
FieldsMatch	equals(Object value)	eq	Defines an equality comparison condition for the current field
FieldsMatch	notEquals(Object value)	neq	Defines an inequality comparison condition for the current field
FieldsMatch	lessThan(Object value)	lt	Defines a less than comparison condition for the current field
FieldsMatch	lessThanOrEquals(Object value)	leq	Defines a less than or equals condition for the current field
FieldsMatch	greaterThan(Object value)	gt	Defines a greater than condition for the current field
FieldsMatch	greaterThanOrEquals(Object value)	geq	Defines a greaterThanOrEquals condition for the current field
FieldsMatch	isIn(Object value)		Defines a set membership condition for the current field
FieldsMatch	isNotIn(Object value)	notIn	Defines a set non-membership condition for the current field
FieldsMatch	hasValue()	notNull	Defines a non-null condition for the current field

FieldsMatch

Additional conditions can be defined with also, or its alias, field:

Modifier and type	Method	Alias	Description
IncompleteFieldsMatch	also(Schema.SObjectField field)	field	Defines another condition to match
IncompleteFieldsMatch	also(String fieldPath)	field	Defines another condition to match

Warning ⚠️

isIn and isNotIn support a Set of one of the following types:

• Boolean
• Date
• Datetime
• Decimal
• Double
• Id
• Integer
• Long
• String

Other types are not supported and will throw an exception.

Fields used in field conditions must be available on the collection which is filtered, otherwise a System.SObjectException: SObject row was retrieved via SOQL without querying the requested field exception can be thrown.

RecordMatch

RecordMatch returns true if record fields are equal to those defined on a “prototype” record. Fields that are not defined on a prototype record do not have to match.

Account prototype = new Account(
    Name = 'Test',
    AnnualRevenue = 50000000
);
// Accounts named 'Test' with an AnnualRevenue of **exactly** 50,000,000 are matched
Collection filtered = accountCollection.filter(Match.record(prototype));

Warning ⚠️

Fields that are present on the prototype object must also be available on the collection which is filtered, otherwise a System.SObjectException: SObject row was retrieved via SOQL without querying the requested field exception will be thrown.

remove

remove works just like filter, but records which match a predicate are removed from the Collection view instead of kept.

pluck

Plucks field values from a Collection view of records into a List of appropriate type.

List<Account> accounts = new List<Account>{
	new Account(Name = 'Foo'),
	new Account(Name = 'Bar')
}
// Names are plucked into a new list, ['Foo', 'Bar']
List<String> names = Collection.of(accounts).pluckStrings(Account.Name);

Pluck can also be used for deeper relations by using String field paths instead of Schema.SObjectField parameters.

List<Opportunity> opportunities = new List<Opportunity>{
	new Opportunity(Account = new Account(Name = 'Foo')),
	new Opportunity(Account = new Account(Name = 'Bar'))
};

// Names are plucked into a new list ['Foo', 'Bar']
List<String> accountNames = Collection.of(opportunities).pluckStrings('Account.Name');

Modifier and type	Method	Description
List<Boolean>	pluckBooleans(Schema.SObjectField)	Plucks Boolean field values
List<Boolean>	pluckBooleans(String relation)	Plucks Boolean relation values
List<Date>	pluckDates(Schema.SObjectField field)	Plucks Date field values
List<Date>	pluckDates(String relation)	Plucks Date relation values
List<Date>	pluckDatetimes(Schema.SObjectField field)	Plucks Datetime field values
List<Date>	pluckDatetimes(String relation)	Plucks Datetime relation values
List<Decimal>	pluckDecimals(Schema.SObjectField field)	Plucks numerical field values
List<Decimal>	pluckDecimals(Schema.SObjectField field)	Plucks numerical relation values
List<Id>	pluckIds(Schema.SObjectField field)	Plucks Id field values
List<Id>	pluckIds(String relation)	Plucks Id relation values
List<Id>	pluckIds()	Plucks values of Id field
List<String>	strings(Schema.SObjectField field)	Plucks String or Id field values
List<String>	strings(Schema.SObjectField relation)	Plucks String or Ids relation values

groupBy

Groups records by values of a specified field.

Map<Date, List<Opportunity>> opportunitiesByCloseDate = Collection.of(opportunities).groupByDates(Opportunity.CloseDate, opportunities);

Modifier and type	Method	Description
Map<Boolean, List<SObject>>	groupByBooleans(Schema.SObjectField field)	Groups records by Boolean field values
Map<Boolean, List<SObject>>	groupByBooleans(Schema.SObjectField field, Type listType)	Groups records by Boolean field values, with specified list type
Map<Date, List<SObject>>	groupByDates(Schema.SObjectField field)	Groups records by Date field values
Map<Date, List<SObject>>	groupByDates(Schema.SObjectField field, Type listType)	Groups records by Date field values, with specified list type
Map<Date, List<SObject>>	groupByDatetimes(Schema.SObjectField field)	Groups records by Datetime field values
Map<Date, List<SObject>>	groupByDatetimes(Schema.SObjectField field, Type listType)	Groups records by Datetime field values, with specified list type
Map<Decimal, List<SObject>>	groupByDecimals(Schema.SObjectField field)	Groups records by numeric field values
Map<Decimal, List<SObject>>	groupByDecimals(Schema.SObjectField field, Type listType)	Groups records by numeric field values, with specified list type
Map<Id, List<SObject>>	groupByIds(Schema.SObjectField field)	Groups records by Id field values
Map<Id, List<SObject>>	groupByIds(Schema.SObjectField field, Type listType)	Groups records by Id field values, with specified list type
Map<String, List<SObject>>	groupByStrings(Schema.SObjectField field)	Groups records by String field values
Map<String, List<SObject>>	groupByStrings(Schema.SObjectField field, Type listType)	Groups records by String field values, with specified list type

pick

Returns a new Collection view of the collection which keeps just the specified fields, discarding others. Helps reduce overwriting potential for concurrent updates when locking is not an option.

List<Opportunity> opportunities = new List<Opportunity>{
	new Opportunity(Name = 'Foo', Amount = 10000, Description = 'Bar')
}
// Picked contains just Name and Amount fields. Description is not present.
Collection picked = Collection.of(opportunities).pick(new Set<String>{'Name', 'Amount'});

Modifier and type	Method	Description
Collection	pick(List<Schema.SObjectField> fields)	Picks fields into a new Collection view
Collection	pick(Set<Schema.SObjectField> fields)	Picks fields into a new Collection view
Collection	pick(List<String> apiFieldNames)	Picks fields into a new Collection view
Collection	pick(Set<String> apiFieldNames)	Picks fields into a new Collection view

mapAll

Maps all elements of Collection view into another Collection view with the provided SObjectToSObjectFunction mapping function.

Modifier and type	Method	Description
Collection	mapAll(SObjectToSObjectFunction fn)	Returns a new Collection view formed by mapping all current view elements with fn

private class DoubleAmount implements SObjectToSObjectFunction {
    public SObject apply(SObject record) {
        record.put('Amount', 2 * (Decimal) record.get('Amount'));
        return record;
    }
}

List<Opportunity> opps = new List<Opportunity>{
    new Opportunity(Amount = 100),
    new Opportunity(Amount = 150)
};

Collection.of(opps).mapAll(new DoubleAmount()); // amounts have been doubled

One SObjectToSObjectFunction is provided out of the box, RecordTransform. It is instantiated through a factory method on Transform:

RecordTransform

RecordTransform copies all defined fields from prototype record to the record it is applied to. Values of fields defined for prototype are overwritten on target records. Other fields on target record are not modified.

Collection.of(opps).mapAll(Transform.record(new Opportunity(Name = 'Test'))); // Name field has been overwritten with 'Test'

mapSome

Returns a new Collection view formed by mapping those view elements that satisfy predicate, and keeping those that do not unchanged.

private class DoubleAmount implements SObjectToSObjectFunction {
    public SObject apply(SObject record) {
        record.put('Amount', 2 * (Decimal) record.get('Amount'));
        return record;
    }
}

List<Opportunity> opps = new List<Opportunity>{
    new Opportunity(Amount = 100),
    new Opportunity(Amount = 150)
};

Collection.of(opps).mapSome(Match.field('Amount').gt(120), new DoubleAmount()); // 100 remains, but 150 has been doubled to 300

Modifier and type	Method	Description
Collection	mapAll(SObjectToSObjectFunction fn)	Returns a new Collection view formed by mapping current view elements that satisfy predicate with fn, and keeping those that do not satisfy predicate unchanged.

Important notes on the type system in Apex

Apex allows assignment of SObject collection to its “subclass”, and the other way around:

List<SObject> objects = new List<SObject>();
List<Account> accounts = objects; // compiles!

List<Account> accounts = new List<Account>();
List<SObject> objects = accounts; // compiles as well!

An SObject list is an instance of any SObject “subclass” list!

List<SObject> objects = new List<SObject>();
System.debug(objects instanceof List<Account>); // true
System.debug(objects instanceof List<Opportunity>); // true

Collection’s asList() and asSet() return a raw List<SObject> and Set<SObject>. This is more convenient, but instanceof can provide unexpected results. A concrete type of the list can be passed in as well. When this is done, the returned List or Set are of the correct concrete type instead of generic SObject collection type:

List<Account> filteredAccounts = accountCollection.asList();
// List<SObject> returned!

List<Account> filteredAccounts = accountCollection.asList(List<Account>.class);
// List<Account> returned!