convert

Attempts to create a DataItem that contains any as its value. If the conversion to a DataItem fails for any reason, then the default value is returned instead.

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Attempts to create a DataItem that contains any as its value. If the conversion to a DataItem fails for any reason, then the NULL value is returned instead.

Types that require no conversion are as follows: String, Int, Long, Double, Boolean, DataList, DataObject

If any is a DataItemConvertible, then it will first be converted using DataItemConvertible.asDataItem

Float and Short are coerced to Double and Int respectively, whilst Char is also coerced to a String

Collection, JSONArray and Array types will be converted to a DataList. Any contained objects that cannot be converted to a DataItem will be omitted from the resulting DataList

Map and JSONObject types will be converted to a DataObject. Any contained objects that cannot be converted to a DataItem will be omitted from the resulting DataObject

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