Add ChangeTo API to convert string to target Type

Author: mythz

src/ServiceStack.Text/AutoMappingUtils.cs

@@ -77,6 +77,22 @@ private static object ChangeValueType(object from, Type type)
             return Convert.ChangeType(from, type, provider: null);
         }
 
+        public static object ChangeTo(this string strValue, Type type)
+        {
+            if (type.IsValueType && !type.IsEnum && type.HasInterface(typeof(IConvertible)))
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    return Convert.ChangeType(strValue, type);
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    Tracer.Instance.WriteError(ex);
+                }
+            }
+            return TypeSerializer.DeserializeFromString(strValue, type);
+        }
+
         private static readonly Dictionary<Type, List<string>> TypePropertyNamesMap = new Dictionary<Type, List<string>>();
 
         public static List<string> GetPropertyNames(this Type type)