Problems with type mismatch on SolrJ annotations

[Mats Bolstad]

Hey all!

I have a problem with how solrj makes beans from a solr response. Very
simplified my business objects are as follows:


enum E {
  ENUM1, ENUM2;
}

public class A {
  @Field("a_id")
  private String id;
  @Field("a_type")
  private E objectType;

  public void setId(String id) {
    this.id = id;
  }

  public String getId() {
    return id;
  }

  public void setObjectType(String type) {
    if (type.equals("something")
      this.type = E.ENUM1;
    else
      this.type = E.ENUM2;
  }

  public String getObjectType() {
    return type.toString();
  }
}

In other words, I try to encapsulate an enum within A, while to the
public it seems like a String. In the Solr index, the a_type field is
a string.
To follow Java conventions, I would like to access objectType through
getters and setters, but Solr doesn't let me do that, as it complains:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can not set E field A.objectType
to java.lang.String

Are there any ways around this, except the obvious of changing the
type of objectType to String? I tried moving the @Field annotation to
the getter and setter with no luck...

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Regards
Mats Bolstad