samza-sql/src/main/java/org/apache/samza/sql/fn/ConvertToStringUdf.java

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package org.apache.samza.sql.fn;

import org.apache.samza.config.Config;
import org.apache.samza.context.Context;
import org.apache.samza.sql.schema.SamzaSqlFieldType;
import org.apache.samza.sql.udfs.SamzaSqlUdf;
import org.apache.samza.sql.udfs.SamzaSqlUdfMethod;
import org.apache.samza.sql.udfs.ScalarUdf;


/**
 * UDF that converts an object to it's string representation.
 */
@SamzaSqlUdf(name = "convertToString", description = "Converts the object to string.")
public class ConvertToStringUdf implements ScalarUdf {
  @Override
  public void init(Config udfConfig, Context context) {
  }

  @SamzaSqlUdfMethod(params = SamzaSqlFieldType.ANY)
  public String execute(Object args) {
    return args.toString();
  }
}