Binding pgvector::vector type to List<Double> using jOOQ

PGVectorBinding.kt

import org.jooq.*
import org.jooq.impl.DSL
import java.sql.SQLFeatureNotSupportedException
import java.sql.Types

@Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
class PGVectorBinding : Binding<Any, List<Double>> {

    override fun converter(): Converter<Any, List<Double>> {
        return object : Converter<Any, List<Double>> {
            override fun from(databaseObject: Any?): List<Double> {
                return databaseObject?.let { v ->
                    v.toString().removeSurrounding("[", "]").split(",").map { it.toDouble() }
                } ?: emptyList()
            }

            override fun to(userObject: List<Double>): Any {
                return userObject.toString()
            }

            override fun fromType(): Class<Any> = Any::class.java

            override fun toType(): Class<List<Double>> = List::class.java as Class<List<Double>>
        }
    }

    override fun sql(ctx: BindingSQLContext<List<Double>>) {
        ctx.render().visit(DSL.`val`(ctx.convert(converter()).value())).sql("::vector")
    }

    override fun register(ctx: BindingRegisterContext<List<Double>>) {
        ctx.statement().registerOutParameter(ctx.index(), Types.ARRAY)
    }

    override fun get(ctx: BindingGetResultSetContext<List<Double>>) {
        val resultSet = ctx.resultSet()
        val vectorAsString = resultSet.getString(ctx.index())
        ctx.value(converter().from(vectorAsString))
    }

    override fun set(ctx: BindingSetStatementContext<List<Double>>) {
        val value = ctx.value()
        ctx.statement().setString(ctx.index(), value?.let { converter().to(it) as String } ?: "[]")
    }

    override fun get(ctx: BindingGetStatementContext<List<Double>>) {
        val statement = ctx.statement()
        val vectorAsString = statement.getString(ctx.index())
        ctx.value(converter().from(vectorAsString))
    }

    // the below methods aren't needed in Postgres:

    override fun get(ctx: BindingGetSQLInputContext<List<Double>>?) {
        throw SQLFeatureNotSupportedException()
    }

    override fun set(ctx: BindingSetSQLOutputContext<List<Double>>?) {
        throw SQLFeatureNotSupportedException()
    }
}