Enums as fields

[rfcmahesh]

Hello,

 I am using JRBeanCollectionDataSource as my data source. One of the fields in the bean is an enum type. When I use that property as a field in the report, I get class cast saying Enum cannot be converted to String. I even tried doing $F{enumProperty}.toString(), but it still complains. Can someone please give some pointers.

Thanks,

 

[rfcmahesh]

Figured a way to solve the issue.

Make the field which corresponds to enumType as Object and the textField expression as String. It works for me.

Code:

effectiveType is an enum type in my bean.<field name="effectiveType" class="java.lang.Object"/>The text field expression is<textFieldExpression   class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[""+$F{effectiveType}]]></textFieldExpression>

[ivo.mrqs]

public enum EnumTest {

    TestValue1(1, "Value for displayed 1"), 
    TestValue2(2, "Value for displayed 2"),
    
    private Integer  id;
    private String description;
    

   public String getDescription() {
         return description;

    }

}

you can call method your enum for example : 

$F{fieldForEnumTest}.getDescription();