### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P Imperius-WPML
Index: imperius-splcore/src/main/java/org/apache/imperius/spl/parser/util/TypeResolver.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/wpml/Imperius-WPML/imperius-splcore/src/main/java/org/apache/imperius/spl/parser/util/TypeResolver.java,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.2 TypeResolver.java
--- imperius-splcore/src/main/java/org/apache/imperius/spl/parser/util/TypeResolver.java	21 Oct 2008 15:20:25 -0000	1.2
+++ imperius-splcore/src/main/java/org/apache/imperius/spl/parser/util/TypeResolver.java	17 Dec 2008 15:57:29 -0000
@@ -270,7 +270,11 @@
         {
         	if(isReference(leftType))
         	{
-        		if(OBJECT_STRING.equalsIgnoreCase(leftType.getReferenceTypeName()) && isString(rightType))
+//        		if(OBJECT_STRING.equalsIgnoreCase(leftType.getReferenceTypeName()) && isString(rightType))
+//        		{
+//        			res = true;
+//        		} 
+        		if (isString(rightType) && isAssignableFromString(leftType)) 
         		{
         			res = true;
         		} 
@@ -286,6 +290,19 @@
         return res;
     }
     
+    private static boolean isAssignableFromString(TypeInfo type) {
+		String typeName = type.getReferenceTypeName();
+		if (typeName != null) {
+			try {
+				Class clazz = type.getClass().forName(typeName);
+				return clazz.isAssignableFrom(String.class);
+			} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+				;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+		
+	}    
     public static boolean isTypeAssignableForRelation(TypeInfo leftType,
             TypeInfo rightType)
     {