question: private String valueToString ( Object value ) throws ReplicatorException { if ( value instanceof String ) { return value . toString ( ) ; } else if ( value instanceof Integer ) { return value . toString ( ) ; } else if ( value instanceof SerialBlob ) { try { SerialBlob blob = ( SerialBlob ) value ; return new String ( blob . getBytes ( 1 , ( int ) blob . length ( ) ) ) ; } catch ( SerialException e ) { throw new ReplicatorException ( "Unable to convert SerialBlob to String: " + e , e ) ; } } else { return ( String ) value ; } }
target:  Converts underlying data type value to string. Exception is thrown if type is unsupported.