Android Room - error: Cannot figure out how to save this field into database

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error: Cannot figure out how to save this field into database. You can 
consider adding a type converter for it.
private final java.util.Date m         


        

Answer 1

    // Java code will not convert to Kotlin very 
    // well so here is the Kotlin: Converter 
    // class

    public class Converters {
        @TypeConverter
        fun fromTimestamp( value: Long?) : 
                       java.sql.Date {
            return java.sql.Date(value ?: 0)
        }
        @TypeConverter
        fun dateToTimestamp(date :java.sql.Date?) 
                                 :Long {
            return date?.getTime() ?: 0
       }

    // Here is the type converters example in 
    // Kotlin
    @Database(entities = [DbNasaPictures::class], 
              version = 2)
    @TypeConverters(Converters::class)
    abstract class PicturesDatabase: 
                     RoomDatabase() {