In C # Explicit and Implicit

a pair of implicit and explicit conversion operator

Implicit keywords: user-defined type declarations for implicit conversion operator. It can be implemented two different types of implicit conversion code readability.

Explicit Keywords: declaration must be invoked by converting user-defined type conversion operator. Unlike implicit conversion.

1 public static implicit operator PaymentDTO(Payment payment)
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3 {
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5 　　return new PaymentDTO(){Name=payment.Name};
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7 }

use:

 1 PaymentDto dto = new Payment(){Name="paypal"};