From 2a22a328c4ff48dcaef5f711c1b2df17be901a05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sipke Schoorstra <sipkeschoorstra@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 22:15:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add type parsing support with object target type

---
 src/core/Elsa.Core/Extensions/StringExtensions.cs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/core/Elsa.Core/Extensions/StringExtensions.cs b/src/core/Elsa.Core/Extensions/StringExtensions.cs
index 388618b8d..65563bd2e 100644
--- a/src/core/Elsa.Core/Extensions/StringExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/core/Elsa.Core/Extensions/StringExtensions.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace Elsa
 
         public static object Parse(this string value, Type targetType)
         {
-            if (typeof(string) == targetType || targetType == default)
+            if (typeof(string) == targetType || typeof(object) == targetType || targetType == default)
                 return value;
             
             var converter = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(targetType);