improve telemetry ergonomics

api-core/src/data_type.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::data_value::DataValue;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ pub enum DataType {
     Boolean,
 }
 
-pub trait ToDataType {
+pub trait ToDataType: Into<DataValue> {
     const DATA_TYPE: DataType;
 }
 

api-core/src/data_value.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-use derive_more::TryInto;
+use derive_more::{From, TryInto};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Serialize, Deserialize, TryInto)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Serialize, Deserialize, From, TryInto)]
 pub enum DataValue {
     Float32(f32),
     Float64(f64),