Method: Ferret::Document::Field#string_value

Defined in:
lib/ferret/document/field.rb

#string_value ⇒ Object

Returns the string value of the data that is stored in this field



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# File 'lib/ferret/document/field.rb', line 233

def string_value
  if @data.instance_of? String
    return @data
  elsif @data.respond_to? :read
    return @data.read()
  else
    # if it is binary object try to return a string representation
    return @data.to_s
  end
end