Cast class into another class or convert class to another
My question is shown in this code
I have class like that
public class MainCS
{
public int A;
public int B;
public int C;
public int D;
}
public class Sub1
{
public int A;
public int B;
public int C;
}
public void MethodA(Sub1 model)
{
MainCS mdata = new MainCS() { A = model.A, B = model.B, C = model.C };
// is there a way to directly cast class Sub1 into MainCS like that
mdata = (MainCS) model;
}
Use JSON serialization and deserialization:
using Newtonsoft.Json;
Class1 obj1 = new Class1();
Class2 obj2 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Class2>(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj1));
Or:
public class Class1
{
public static explicit operator Class2(Class1 obj)
{
return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Class2>(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj));
}
}
Which then allows you to do something like
Class1 obj1 = new Class1();
Class2 obj2 = (Class2)obj1;
You have already defined the conversion, you just need to take it one step further if you would like to be able to cast. For example:
public class sub1
{
public int a;
public int b;
public int c;
public static explicit operator maincs(sub1 obj)
{
maincs output = new maincs() { a = obj.a, b = obj.b, c = obj.c };
return output;
}
}
Which then allows you to do something like
static void Main()
{
sub1 mySub = new sub1();
maincs myMain = (maincs)mySub;
}