How can I do generic cast? I need something like: ...

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[ValV]

How can I do generic cast? I need something like:

inline fun <reified T> convert(text: String): Any? {
  return try {
    text to T // something bad is happening here
  } catch (e: Exception) {
    null
  }
}

[sandi]

text as T

[ValV]

Will it work like text.toInt(), if T is Int?

[gcx11]

No, it won't, you get ClassCastException

[ValV]

So only via when (T::class)?