/**
* set parameter choice value. The string value is in English locale, and needs to be parsed back
* into object value based on the data type.
*
* @param value the string value for the object
* @param type the parameter data type
*/
public void setValue(String value, int type) {
try {
switch (type) {
case IScalarParameterDefn.TYPE_BOOLEAN:
this.value = DataTypeUtil.toBoolean(value);
break;
case IScalarParameterDefn.TYPE_DATE_TIME:
this.value = DataTypeUtil.toDate(value);
break;
case IScalarParameterDefn.TYPE_DECIMAL:
this.value = DataTypeUtil.toBigDecimal(value);
break;
case IScalarParameterDefn.TYPE_FLOAT:
this.value = DataTypeUtil.toDouble(value);
break;
case IScalarParameterDefn.TYPE_INTEGER:
this.value = DataTypeUtil.toInteger(value);
break;
case IScalarParameterDefn.TYPE_DATE:
this.value = DataTypeUtil.toSqlDate(value);
break;
case IScalarParameterDefn.TYPE_TIME:
this.value = DataTypeUtil.toSqlTime(value);
break;
case IScalarParameterDefn.TYPE_STRING:
default:
this.value = DataTypeUtil.toString(value);
break;
}
} catch (BirtException e) {
log.log(Level.SEVERE, e.getLocalizedMessage(), e);
this.value = null;
}
}
/*
* @see org.eclipse.birt.data.engine.api.IResultIterator#getBigDecimal(java.lang.String)
*/
public BigDecimal getBigDecimal(String name) throws BirtException {
return DataTypeUtil.toBigDecimal(getValue(name));
}
