/**
* Converts the value into a string, with the appropriate formatting
*
* @param fieldActualValue actual field value
* @param fieldType field type (i.e. "String", "Integer", "Date")
* @return String object value as a string
*/
public static String convertToString(Object fieldActualValue, String fieldType) {
if (fieldActualValue == null) {
return "";
}
if ("String".equals(fieldType)) {
return (String) fieldActualValue;
} else if ("Integer".equals(fieldType)) {
Integer i = (Integer) fieldActualValue;
return i.toString();
} else if ("KualiDecimal".equals(fieldType)) {
KualiDecimal kd = (KualiDecimal) fieldActualValue;
return kd.toString();
} else if ("BigDecimal".equals(fieldType)) {
BigDecimal bd = (BigDecimal) fieldActualValue;
return bd.toString();
} else if ("Date".equals(fieldType)) {
Date d = (Date) fieldActualValue;
SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
return df.format(d);
}
return "";
}
