Just a fun way to do casts in kotlin

FunnyExpensiveCast.kts

inline fun <reified T>  Any.cast() =
    try { val toBeCasted = this; with(jacksonObjectMapper()) { readValue<T>(writeValueAsString(toBeCasted)) } }
    catch (e: Exception) { throw ClassCastException("Can't convert from [${this::class}] to [${T::class}]:\n\t${e.message}") }

data class AClass(val name: String, val age: Int)
data class BClass(val name: String, val age: Int)

@Test
fun example(){
    val a = AClass("whoop", 42)
    val b = a.cast<BClass>()
    assertFailsWith<ClassCastException> { a as BClass }
    assertNotEquals(a, b as Any)
}