C#: Custom casting to a value type

Question

Is it possible to cast a custom class to a value type?

Here\'s an example:

var x = new Foo();
var y = (int) x; //Does not compile 

Is i

Answer 1

I would suggest you implement the IConvertible interface as that is designed to handle this. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.iconvertible.aspx