blocks4u/Assets/Blocks4u/Runtime/CastUtility.cs

using System;
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEngine;


namespace Blocks4u.Runtime
{
    [InitializeOnLoad]
    public static class CastUtility
    {
        //TODO cast anything to anything

        public static T Cast<T>(object anything)
        {
            var targetType = typeof(T);
            if (anything is T target)
            {
                return target;
            }

            if (targetType == typeof(string))
            {
                return (T) (object) (anything.ToString());
            }

            if (targetType == typeof(float))
            {
                var t = (float) (int) anything;
                return (T) (object) t;
            }

            if (IsNumericType(targetType) && IsNumericType(anything.GetType()))
            {
                // ReSharper disable once PossibleInvalidCastException
                return (T) anything;
            }
            
            

            return (T) anything;

            throw new InvalidCastException($"Cannot cast object of type {anything.GetType()} to type {typeof(T)}");
        }

        public static bool IsNumericType(Type type)
        {
            return type.IsAssignableFrom(typeof(IConvertible)) && type.IsAssignableFrom(typeof(IComparable));
        }

        static CastUtility()
        {
            object kek = 123;

            var jabba = Cast<float>(kek);

            Debug.LogError(jabba);
        }
    }
}