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Platform and version requirements: JVM (1.1)
fun <T : Any> KClass<T>.cast(value: Any?): T

Casts the given value to the class represented by this KClass object. Throws an exception if the value is null or if it is not an instance of this class.

See Also

KClass.isInstance

KClass.safeCast

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