New: bool Cast.To(.., out object targetValue)

Cast.cs

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ using System;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
+using System.Net.Http.Headers;
+
 namespace ln.type
 {
     public static class Cast
@@ -18,26 +20,34 @@ namespace ln.type
         public static T To<T>(object value) => (T)To(value, typeof(T));
         public static object To(object value, Type targetType)
         {
+            if (!To(value, targetType, out object targetValue))
+                throw new NotSupportedException();
+            return targetValue;
+        }
+        public static bool To(object value, Type targetType, out object targetValue)
+        {
+            targetValue = null;
             if (Object.ReferenceEquals(null, value))
-                return null;
+                return true;
 
             if (targetType.IsInstanceOfType(value))
-                return value;
-
-            object casted;
+            {
+                targetValue = value;
+                return true;
+            }
             
             if (
-                !Implicit(value, targetType, out casted) &&
-                !Implicit(value, value.GetType(), targetType, out casted) &&
-                !Explicit(value, targetType, out casted) &&
-                !Explicit(value, value.GetType(), targetType, out casted)
+                !Implicit(value, targetType, out targetValue) &&
+                !Implicit(value, value.GetType(), targetType, out targetValue) &&
+                !Explicit(value, targetType, out targetValue) &&
+                !Explicit(value, value.GetType(), targetType, out targetValue)
                 )
 			{
                 if (targetType.IsEnum)
                 {
                     if (value is string sValue)
                     {
-                        casted = Enum.Parse(targetType, sValue);
+                        targetValue = Enum.Parse(targetType, sValue);
                     } else
                     {
                         throw new NotSupportedException();
@@ -49,16 +59,21 @@ namespace ln.type
                     Array castedArray = Array.CreateInstance(targetType.GetElementType(), array.Length);
 
                     for (int n = 0; n < array.Length; n++)
-                        castedArray.SetValue(To(array.GetValue(n), targetType.GetElementType()), n);
+                    {
+                        if (!To(array.GetValue(n), targetType.GetElementType(), out object el))
+                            return false;
 
-                    casted = castedArray;
+                        castedArray.SetValue(el, n);
+                    }
+
+                    targetValue = castedArray;
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    casted = Convert.ChangeType(value, targetType);
+                    targetValue = Convert.ChangeType(value, targetType);
                 }
 			}
-            return casted;
+            return true;
         }
 
         public static bool Implicit(object value, Type type, out object casted) => Implicit(value, type, type, out casted);

ln.type.csproj

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <PropertyGroup>
         <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
         <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
-        <Version>0.1.2</Version>
+        <Version>0.1.3</Version>
         <Authors>Harald Wolff-Thobaben</Authors>
         <Company>l--n.de</Company>
         <AssemblyVersion>0.0.1.0</AssemblyVersion>