Replace object instance with another in C#

Question

In this question I would like to find out if and how this is possible. This technique would seem extremely bad practice but it seems that the API (UnityEditor) that I am using,

Answer 1

If it is a custom Class you want to reference, i think you can have all the references point to a Fake Reference...

1. create your class (A)
2. create your class Interface (IA)
3. Create a wrapper class based on your interface which just passes all calls to a contained object (AC)

I Added a Assignment operator so i have all A Objects as ACs.

class AC:IA  
{  
    IA ref;  
    AC(IA ref)  
    {  
        this.ref = ref;  
    }  

    public void ChangeReference(IA newRef) { ref = newRef;}  
    public static operator = (IA assignedObj)  
    {  
        return (assignedObject is AC) ? assignedObject : new AC(assignedObj);
    }

    // implementation of all methods in A
    public override string ToString() { return ref.ToString(); }  
        ...  
}

Now if you want, you can use the ChangeReference method to switch all to the new Reference..

in C++ you would use Reference to Reference

Best of luck