def dict_to_object(desired_type: Type[T], contents_dict: Dict[str, Any], logger: Logger,
                   options: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]], conversion_finder: ConversionFinder = None,
                   is_dict_of_dicts: bool = False) -> T:
    """
    Utility method to create an object from a dictionary of constructor arguments. Constructor arguments that dont have
    the correct type are intelligently converted if possible

    :param desired_type:
    :param contents_dict:
    :param logger:
    :param options:
    :param conversion_finder:
    :param is_dict_of_dicts:
    :return:
    """
    check_var(desired_type, var_types=type, var_name='obj_type')
    check_var(contents_dict, var_types=dict, var_name='contents_dict')

    if is_collection(desired_type, strict=True):
        # if the destination type is 'strictly a collection' (not a subclass of a collection) we know that we can't
        # handle it here, the constructor is not pep484-typed
        raise TypeError('Desired object type \'' + get_pretty_type_str(desired_type) + '\' is a collection, '
                        'so it cannot be created using this generic object creator')
    else:
        # Try the type itself
        # try:
        return _dict_to_object(desired_type, contents_dict, logger=logger, options=options,
                               conversion_finder=conversion_finder, is_dict_of_dicts=is_dict_of_dicts)