How to convert / cast long to String?

java, long-integer, string, type-conversion

Solution

See the reference documentation for the String class: `String s = String.valueOf(date);`

If your Long might be null and you don't want to get a 4-letter `"null"` string, you might use `Objects.toString`, like: `String s = Objects.toString(date, null);`

EDIT:

You reverse it using `Long l = Long.valueOf(s);` but in this direction you need to catch `NumberFormatException`

Problem

I just created sample BB app, which can allow to choose the date. ``` DateField curDateFld = new DateField("Choose Date: ", System.currentTimeMillis(), DateField.DATE | DateField.FIELD_LEFT); ``` After choosing the date, I need to convert that long value to String, so that I can easily store the date value somewhere in database. I am new to Java and Blackberry development. ``` long date = curDateFld.getDate(); ``` How should I convert this long value to String? Also I want to convert back to long from String. I think for that I can use `long l = Long.parseLong("myStr");`?

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