/src/Boo.Lang/Runtime/ICoercible.cs
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- #region license
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- #endregion
-
-
- namespace Boo.Lang.Runtime
- {
- /// <summary>
- /// Support for user defined dynamic conversions.
- ///
- /// An use case is a collection class that needs to provide implicit conversions
- /// to any array type.
- /// </summary>
- public interface ICoercible
- {
- /// <summary>
- /// Coerces the object to the specified type if possible.
- /// </summary>
- /// <param name="to">target type</param>
- /// <returns>returns the coerced object or this</returns>
- object Coerce(System.Type to);
- }
- }