/**
* Given the type of the targeting partition parameter and an object, coerce the object to the
* correct type and hash it.
*
* @return The partition best set up to execute the procedure.
* @throws Exception
*/
public static int getPartitionForParameter(int partitionType, Object invocationParameter)
throws Exception {
final VoltType partitionParamType = VoltType.get((byte) partitionType);
// Special case: if the user supplied a string for a number column,
// try to do the conversion. This makes it substantially easier to
// load CSV data or other untyped inputs that match DDL without
// requiring the loader to know precise the schema.
if ((invocationParameter != null)
&& (invocationParameter.getClass() == String.class)
&& (partitionParamType.isNumber())) {
invocationParameter =
ParameterConverter.stringToLong(invocationParameter, partitionParamType.classFromType());
}
return hashToPartition(invocationParameter);
}
