System, method and computer program product for validating one or more metadata objects

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for creating, exporting, viewing and testing, and importing custom applications in a multitenant database environment. These mechanisms and methods can enable embodiments to provide a vehicle for sharing applications across organizational boundaries. The ability to share applications across organizational boundaries can enable tenants in a multi-tenant database system, for example, to easily and efficiently import and export, and thus share, applications with other tenants in the multi-tenant environment.

1 . A method, comprising:
 storing a package comprising an object and a set of one or more dependent objects that are dependent upon the object, wherein the object and the dependent objects are associated with a first organization;   storing a reference to the package in a directory, wherein the directory is accessible to a user in a second organization; and   allowing access to the package to the user in the second organization.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the reference to the package is a Universal Resource Locator (URL), and selection of the URL provides the access to the package by the user in the second organization. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising storing a flag that indicates whether a particular one of the dependent objects can be altered by the user in the second organization. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising requiring a password before allowing the access to the package. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising prohibiting changes to the package while the user in the second organization is allowed access to the package. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising receiving mappings from certain references in the package to values of the second organization. 
     
     
         7 . A computer-readable storage medium containing code executable by a processor, the code including instructions to:
 store a package comprising an object and a set of one or more dependent objects that are dependent upon the object, wherein the object and the dependent objects are associated with a first organization;   store a reference to the package in a directory, wherein the directory is accessible to a user in a second organization; and   allow access to the package to the user in the second organization.   
     
     
         8 . A computer system, comprising:
 a processor that executes logic that is operable to:
 store a package comprising an object and a set of one or more dependent objects that are dependent upon the object, wherein the object and the dependent objects are associated with a first organization; and 
 store a reference to the package in a directory, wherein the directory is accessible to a user in a second organization.