using System;

public class Program

{

    //https://www.infoworld.com/article/3606436/how-to-use-implicit-and-explicit-operators-in-c-sharp.html

    public static void Main()

    {

        Console.WriteLine("Hello World");

    }

}

​

 public class MyTestClass

    {

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        public MyTestClass()

        {

            Author author = new Author();

            author.Id = Guid.NewGuid();

            author.FirstName = "Joydip";

            author.LastName = "Kanjilal";

            AuthorDto authorDto = (AuthorDto)author;

​

​

            AuthorDto authorDto1 = new AuthorDto();

            authorDto1.Id = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();

            authorDto1.FirstName = "Joydip";

            authorDto1.LastName = "Kanjilal";

            Author author1 = (Author)authorDto1;

        }

​

​

​

    }

​

    public class AuthorDto

    {

        public string Id { get; set; }

        public string FirstName { get; set; }

        public string LastName { get; set; }

​

​

        public static explicit operator AuthorDto(Author author)

        {

            AuthorDto authorDto = new AuthorDto();

            authorDto.Id = author.Id.ToString();

            authorDto.FirstName = author.FirstName;

            authorDto.LastName = author.LastName;

            return authorDto;

        }

​

        public static explicit operator Author(AuthorDto authorDto)

        {

            Author author = new Author();

            author.Id = new Guid(authorDto.Id);

            author.FirstName = authorDto.FirstName;

            author.LastName = authorDto.LastName;

            return author;

        }

    }

​

    public class Author

    {

        public Guid Id { get; set; }

        public string FirstName { get; set; }

        public string LastName { get; set; }

    }