what is sforce. class in Salesforce?

Question

Just random pick some methods that I have found:

 sforce.connection.describeSObject

 sforce.SearchResult

 sforce.sObject

 sforce.LeadConvert()

 sforce.connection.create()

I just want to know what is this class for? and where can I find documentation for it?

Thanks

Answer 1

These objects/methods are for accessing the Salesforce API using AJAX. Before Visualforce became available, this was the library you'd use from within s-Controls to access the API. You'd include connection.js like this:

<script src="/soap/ajax/24.0/connection.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

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