initial checkin

Signed-off-by: Dr. Carsten Leue <carsten.leue@de.ibm.com>

option/type_test.go

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+package option
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestTypeConversion(t *testing.T) {
+
+	var src any = "Carsten"
+
+	dst := ToType[string](src)
+	assert.Equal(t, Some("Carsten"), dst)
+}
+
+func TestInvalidConversion(t *testing.T) {
+	var src any = make(map[string]string)
+
+	dst := ToType[int](src)
+	assert.Equal(t, None[int](), dst)
+}