How to lookup and invoke a .Net TypeConverter for a particular type?

Question

I would like to implement a general purpose runtime type conversion function that makes use .Net TypeConverters to do the conversion.

Does anyone know how to how t

Answer 1

I don't know how robust it is, but I sometimes use this code for generic type conversion :

public T ConvertTo(object value)
{
    return (T)Convert.ChangeType(value, typeof(T));
}

I don't know if the ChangeType method use TypeConverters...