Kotlin / Kotlin/dataframe

Add a possibility to instantiate schema type instance

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Description

Inspired by #309 (https://github.com/Kotlin/dataframe/issues/309#issuecomment-1482237061).

Would be nice to get an instance of actual class.
Something like

```kt
fun DataRow.toInstance(): T
```

```kt
data class Point(val x: Double, y: Double) {
fun countF(): Double = x * x + y * y
}

df.cast().add("f") {
toInstance().countF()
}
```

In fact we have it now for the whole `DataFrame` — `toList()` and `toListOf()`, and now you can do it like.
```
dataRow.toDataFrame().toList().single()
```

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Research direction

Start by reading the existing DataFrame toList() and toListOf() conversion paths, then compare them with DataRow and the toDataFrame().toList().single() workaround shown in the issue. The feature is complete when a typed row supports the proposed toInstance() usage and the Point example can call countF() successfully.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
kotlin
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
55/100

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