4.12DELETE

Delete is straightforward conceptually.

Usually:

Salesforce ID
       ↓
Salesforce Delete

But business requirements matter enormously.

If upstream sends:

customer deleted

do you really:

DELETE Salesforce Account

?

Maybe not.

Often requirements are:

mark inactive

close Account

set status

archive

soft-delete in application logic

rather than destroying data.

A developer shouldn't simply translate:

DELETE request

into:

Salesforce delete

without understanding lifecycle requirements.