Generic Type Converter

GenericTypeConverter.scala

object GenericTypeConverter extends App{

  def convert[T: ClassTag](value:Any): Option[T] = {
    val ct = implicitly[ClassTag[T]]
        value match {
          case ct(x) => Some(x)
          case _     => None
        }
    }

  def checkType[T: Manifest](t: T): Manifest[T] = manifest[T]
  val number:Any = 2

  val convertedValue = convert[Int](number).get
  println(checkType(convertedValue))


}