1 files changed, 23 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/docproc/src/main/java/com/yahoo/docproc/AbstractConcreteDocumentFactory.java b/docproc/src/main/java/com/yahoo/docproc/AbstractConcreteDocumentFactory.java
index 8f771418959..d31573c76a4 100644
--- a/docproc/src/main/java/com/yahoo/docproc/AbstractConcreteDocumentFactory.java
+++ b/docproc/src/main/java/com/yahoo/docproc/AbstractConcreteDocumentFactory.java
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 // Copyright 2017 Yahoo Holdings. Licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE in the project root.
 package com.yahoo.docproc;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.Map;
 import com.yahoo.document.Document;
 import com.yahoo.document.DocumentId;
+import com.yahoo.document.Field;
 import com.yahoo.document.annotation.Annotation;
+import com.yahoo.document.datatypes.FieldValue;
 import com.yahoo.document.datatypes.Struct;
 import com.yahoo.document.datatypes.StructuredFieldValue;
-import com.yahoo.yolean.Exceptions;
+
 
 /**
  * Subtyped by factory classes for concrete document types. The factory classes are auto-generated
@@ -28,5 +28,24 @@ public abstract class AbstractConcreteDocumentFactory extends com.yahoo.componen
      *
      * @return A concrete document instance
      */
-    public abstract com.yahoo.document.Document getDocumentCopy(java.lang.String type, com.yahoo.document.datatypes.StructuredFieldValue src, com.yahoo.document.DocumentId id);
+    public abstract Document getDocumentCopy(java.lang.String type, StructuredFieldValue src, DocumentId id);
+
+    /**
+     * If the FieldValue is a StructuredFieldValue it will upgrade to the concrete type
+     * @param field
+     * @param fv
+     * @return fv or upgraded fv
+     */
+    public FieldValue optionallyUpgrade(Field field, FieldValue fv) {
+        if (fv instanceof StructuredFieldValue) {
+            try {
+                return structTypes().get(field.getDataType().getName())
+                        .getConstructor(StructuredFieldValue.class)
+                        .newInstance(fv);
+            } catch (java.lang.Exception ex) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(ex);
+            }
+        }
+        return fv;
+    }
 }