final AttributeConverterTypeAdapter adapterType = (AttributeConverterTypeAdapter) expectedType;
if ( getDataType().getReturnedClass().equals( adapterType.getModelType() ) ) {
// apply the converter
final AttributeConverter converter = ( (AttributeConverterTypeAdapter) expectedType ).getAttributeConverter();
final Object converted = converter.convertToDatabaseColumn( getLiteralValue() );
if ( isCharacterData( adapterType.sqlType() ) ) {
setText( "'" + converted.toString() + "'" );
}
else {
setText( converted.toString() );
}