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#ifndef RTTR_RTTR_CAST_H_
#define RTTR_RTTR_CAST_H_

namespace rttr
{

/*!
 * \brief Casts the given \p object of type \p Source_Type to an object of type \p Target_Type.
 *
 * When the given the given \p object is an instance of type \p Target_Type, then this function will cast the pointer to the \p TargetType;
 * otherwise it will return a `nullptr`. If \p object is already a `nullptr` then it will also return a `nullptr`.
 *
 * \remark Both class types must contain the macro \ref RTTR_ENABLE in the class declaration.
 *        \p Source_Type and \p Target_Type must be both pointer types.
 *
 *
 * \return A pointer of type \p Target_Type
 */
template<typename Target_Type, typename Source_Type>
Target_Type rttr_cast(Source_Type object) RTTR_NOEXCEPT;

}

#include "rttr/detail/impl/rttr_cast_impl.h"

#endif // RTTR_RTTR_CAST_H_