[SOLR-888] DateFormatTransformer cannot convert non-string type

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.3
• Fix Version/s: 1.4
• Component/s: contrib - DataImportHandler

Environment

any

• Assignee: Shalin Shekhar Mangar
• Reporter: Amit Nithian
• Created: 30/Nov/08 06:25
• Updated: 10/Nov/09 15:51
• Resolved: 11/Dec/08 08:34

Description

When using the DateFormatTransformer, if the source column is of type java.sql.TimeStamp, an exception is thrown converting this to a String. Solution is to not typecast to a String but rather invoke the .toString() method of the object to retrieve the string representation of the object.

(About line 68)
} else

{ String value = (String) o; aRow.put(column, process(value, fmt)); }

should be
} else

{ String value = o.toString(); aRow.put(column, process(value, fmt)); }