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9.16Salesforce System API should hide Salesforce IDs where possible

Suppose Process API only understands:

customerId = C001

It ideally shouldn't care that Salesforce internally uses:

0018X00001ABC

System API can translate:

C001
↓
External_Customer_ID__c
↓
Salesforce Id

That keeps Salesforce details contained.