Scala - Generic way to convert data structures

ConvertDataStructures.scala

import collection.generic.CanBuildFrom
import collection.immutable.TreeMap

object test {
  class TraversableW[A](t: Traversable[A]) {
    def as[CC[X] <: Traversable[X]](implicit cbf: CanBuildFrom[Nothing, A, CC[A]]): CC[A] = t.map(identity)(collection.breakOut)
    def to[Result](implicit cbf: CanBuildFrom[Nothing, A, Result]): Result = t.map(identity)(collection.breakOut)
  }

  implicit def ToTraverseableW[A](t: Traversable[A]): TraversableW[A] = new TraversableW[A](t)

  List(1, 2, 3).as[Vector]
  List(1, 2, 3).to[Vector[Int]]
  List((1, 1), (2, 4), (3, 4)).to[Map[Int, Int]]
  List((1, 1), (2, 4), (3, 4)).to[TreeMap[Int, Int]]
  val tm: TreeMap[Int, Int] = List((1, 1), (2, 4), (3, 4)).to
  ("foo": Seq[Char]).as[Vector]
}

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3074118/how-do-i-convert-a-mapint-any-to-a-sortedmap-in-scala-or-a-treemap