Hi Leif, the change seems reasonable to me, I suggest you make a pull request. The github actions run a number of tests, in GeoTools and downstream in GeoWebCache and GeoServer, that should tell us if the new converter has any ill side effect.
Cheers Andrea On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 6:13 PM Leif Eirik Lislegård < leif.eirik.lisleg...@kartverket.no> wrote: > Hello devs, > > > I'm currently migrating a WFS service to Geoserver 2.20 (from 2.7) and ran > into a mapping issue. The exception presented was > "java.lang.ClassCastException: class java.math.BigDecimal cannot be cast to > class java.lang.Boolean". > > After some digging I found that Oracle JDBC driver always returns > BigDecimal for its database number types where boolean fields are modeled > as "number(1)". This is the oracle convention. > The way mapping can be leveraged in GeoTools seems to be by registering a > ConverterFactory using the ServiceLoader in Java. > > The quick fix in my case was to add a custom converter to the classpath. > > I realize there's an existing factory doing Boolean conversion which might > be a natural candidate. > > I am wondering if GT would welcome such a change: > https://github.com/lislei/geotools/commits/GML_BigDecimal_to_Boolean > > > > > > > Best regards, > Leif Lislegård > _______________________________________________ > GeoTools-Devel mailing list > GeoTools-Devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel > -- Regards, Andrea Aime == GeoServer Professional Services from the experts! Visit http://bit.ly/gs-services-us for more information. == Ing. Andrea Aime @geowolf Technical Lead GeoSolutions Group phone: +39 0584 962313 fax: +39 0584 1660272 mob: +39 333 8128928 https://www.geosolutionsgroup.com/ http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it ------------------------------------------------------- Con riferimento alla normativa sul trattamento dei dati personali (Reg. UE 2016/679 - Regolamento generale sulla protezione dei dati “GDPR”), si precisa che ogni circostanza inerente alla presente email (il suo contenuto, gli eventuali allegati, etc.) è un dato la cui conoscenza è riservata al/i solo/i destinatario/i indicati dallo scrivente. Se il messaggio Le è giunto per errore, è tenuta/o a cancellarlo, ogni altra operazione è illecita. Le sarei comunque grato se potesse darmene notizia. This email is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. We remind that - as provided by European Regulation 2016/679 “GDPR” - copying, dissemination or use of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify us immediately by telephone or e-mail
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