Convert type from initial Value

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;

namespace MySpace.Common.IO.JSON.Utilities
{
    internal static class ReflectionUtils
    {
        public static T Convert<T>(object initialValue)
        {
            Type targetType = typeof(T);
            Type initialType = (initialValue != null) ? initialValue.GetType() : null;

            TypeConverter converter = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(targetType);

            if (converter == null || !converter.CanConvertFrom(initialType))
                throw new ApplicationException(string.Format("Could not convert from {0} to {1}", initialType, targetType));

            return (T)converter.ConvertFrom(initialValue);
        }
    }
}

   
     


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