diff --git a/alib2common/src/core/castApi.hpp b/alib2common/src/core/castApi.hpp
index 6884d687f75bf234b03725629c774e39c52cbd90..3379955b78584d26e2e27e959edbaa45bfef8839 100644
--- a/alib2common/src/core/castApi.hpp
+++ b/alib2common/src/core/castApi.hpp
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ struct castApi {
 			introspection::Casts::registerCast < From, To > ( );
 		}
 
+		To explicitCast ( const alib::ObjectBase & from ) {
+			alib::Object res = cast ( from );
+			To & target = static_cast < To & > ( res.getData ( ) );
+			return To ( std::move ( target ) );
+		}
+
 		template < class From >
 		bool test ( ) {
 			return castFunctions.count ( std::type_index ( typeid ( From ) ) );