java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: invalid comparison: java.util.ArrayList and java.lang.String

问题描述：

前几天执行mybatis时报Cause: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: invalid comparison: java.util.ArrayList and java.lang.String异常，记了笔记，今天同事又出现同样异常，这里记录一下

delTraceDTO.startTime这里是一个List<String>集合,我们通常在mybatis中做字符串判断经常会写成

<if test="delTraceDTO.name != null and delTraceDTO.name!= ''"  ></if> 假设name是一个String字段，结果由于自己粗心大意，马马虎虎，写顺手了，抡了一个集合就上去判空了，结果就悲剧了

<if test="delTraceDTO.startTime != null and delTraceDTO.startTime != ''"  >
    and DATE_FORMAT(create_time, '%Y-%m-%d') in
    <foreach collection="delTraceDTO.startTime" item="item" open="(" close=")" separator="," >
        #{item}
    </foreach>
</if>

异常信息：

Error updating database.  Cause: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: invalid comparison: java.util.ArrayList and java.lang.String
### The error may exist in file [D:\shop-2\jdyshop\entity\target\classes\mapper\mdc\TraceMapper.xml]
### The error may involve com.jdy2018.shop.entity.dao.mdc.TraceMapper.delTraceGoods
### The error occurred while executing an update
### Cause: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: invalid comparison: java.util.ArrayList and java.lang.String

正确写法：

<if test="delTraceDTO.startTime != null and delTraceDTO.startTime.size() > 0"  >