C# Explicit Operator example to map from one type to another

In .NET we have plenty of ways to map objects to one another. Below is an example, courtesy of ChatGPT of using the EXPLICIT OPERATOR 👇🏻.

How do you like to convert objects from one type to another? AutoMapper? Mapster? Plain left-right assignment perhaps using the Explicit Operator or Extension methods?

The words are often used interchangeably but note that technically ‘Explicit’ is not an operator, it’s a keyword.


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