invalid comparison: java.util.Date and java.lang.String

Caused by: org.apache.ibatis.exceptions.PersistenceException: 
### Error querying database.  Cause: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: invalid comparison: java.util.Date and java.lang.String
### Cause: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: invalid comparison: java.util.Date and java.lang.String
	at org.apache.ibatis.exceptions.ExceptionFactory.wrapException(ExceptionFactory.java:30)
	at org.apache.ibatis.session.defaults.DefaultSqlSession.selectList(DefaultSqlSession.java:150)
	at org.apache.ibatis.session.defaults.DefaultSqlSession.selectList(DefaultSqlSession.java:141)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor196.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at org.mybatis.spring.SqlSessionTemplate$SqlSessionInterceptor.invoke(SqlSessionTemplate.java:433)
	... 75 common frames omitted

在mapper.xml文件中，写了如下代码会报上面错误，原因是不能进行String类型(“”)和Date类型(startTime)的比较

<if test='null != startTime and "" != startTime'>
	and create_date >= #{startTime}
</if>

最简单粗暴的解决方法是将 “” != startTime 的比较去掉

<if test='null != startTime'>
	and create_date >= #{startTime}
</if>

另外注意：create_date 是pg表的字段，timestamp类型，startTime是函数传参，Date类型，两者可直接比较。