--- a/src/luan/modules/Table.luan	Sun Sep 23 22:32:34 2018 -0600
+++ b/src/luan/modules/Table.luan	Mon Sep 24 13:09:16 2018 -0600
@@ -15,4 +15,38 @@
 Table.sort = TableLuan.sort
 Table.unpack = TableLuan.unpack
 
+
+local Luan = require "luan:Luan.luan"
+local error = Luan.error
+local type = Luan.type or error()
+local pairs = Luan.pairs or error()
+local LuanJava = require "java:luan.Luan"
+local toTable = LuanJava.toTable or error()
+
+function Table.java_to_table_shallow(obj)
+	return toTable(obj) or error("can't convert type "..obj.getClass().getName().." to table")
+end
+
+local to_luan, deepen
+
+function to_luan(obj,java_to_table_shallow)
+	return type(obj)=="java" and deepen(java_to_table_shallow(obj),java_to_table_shallow) or obj
+end
+
+function deepen(tbl,java_to_table_shallow)
+	local rtn = {}
+	for key, value in pairs(tbl) do
+		key = to_luan(key,java_to_table_shallow)
+		value = to_luan(value,java_to_table_shallow)
+		rtn[key] = value
+	end
+	return rtn
+end
+
+function Table.java_to_table_deep(obj,java_to_table_shallow)
+	java_to_table_shallow = java_to_table_shallow or Table.java_to_table_shallow
+	return deepen(java_to_table_shallow(obj),java_to_table_shallow)
+end
+
+
 return Table