Move a big part of the getValue method body to a new function called convertValue, to avoid code duplication

common/src/main/kotlin/fr/username404/snowygui/config/Configuration.kt

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import kotlinx.serialization.ExperimentalSerializationApi
 import kotlinx.serialization.decodeFromString
 import kotlinx.serialization.encodeToString
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus
+import kotlin.reflect.KClass
 import kotlin.reflect.full.isSuperclassOf
 
 @OptIn(ExperimentalSerializationApi::class)
@@ -133,27 +135,33 @@ object Configuration {
     }
 
     operator fun invoke() = obtained
-    inline operator fun <reified T> getValue(ref: Any?, property: KProperty<*>): T =
+    @JvmSynthetic
+    @ApiStatus.Internal
+    @Suppress("DeprecatedCallableAddReplaceWith")
+    @Deprecated("This method should only be used in the getValue operator of the Configuration object", level = DeprecationLevel.ERROR)
+    fun <T: Any> convertValue(type: KClass<T>): T? =
+        @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
+        when {
+            Number::class.isSuperclassOf(type) -> when (type) {
+                Double::class -> 2.0
+                Int::class, UInt::class,
+                Short::class, UShort::class,
+                Long::class, ULong::class -> 2
+                Float::class -> 2F
+                else -> null
+            } as T
+            type == Boolean::class -> false as T
+            else -> null
+        }
+    inline operator fun <reified T: Any> getValue(ref: Any?, property: KProperty<*>): T =
         @Suppress("DEPRECATION_ERROR")
         if (ModifiableValues.containsKey(property.name))
             ModifiableValues[property.name] as T
         else try {
             invoke().getValue(ref, property)
         } catch (e: ConfigException) {
-            when {
+            convertValue(T::class) ?: throw e
-                Number::class.isSuperclassOf(T::class) -> when (T::class) {
-                    Double::class -> 2.0
-                    Int::class, UInt::class,
-                    Short::class, UShort::class,
-                    Long::class, ULong::class -> 2
-                    Float::class -> 2F
-                    else -> throw e
-                } as T
-                T::class == Boolean::class -> false as T
-                else -> throw e
-            }
         }
-
     operator fun <T> setValue(ref: Any?, property: KProperty<*>, value: T) = @Suppress("DEPRECATION_ERROR")
     ModifiableValues.setValue(ref, property, value)
 }