Copying the contents of a base class from a derived class

Question

I currently have a derived class and a base class. How can I make the base class of the derived class equal to a base class that I have? Will a shallow copy work?

Answer 1

If I understand you correctly, this will work:

class Derived : Base
{
    // all the code you had above, plus this:

    public Derived(Base toCopy)
    {
        this.name = toCopy.name;
        this.address = toCopy.address;
    }
}

Derived d = new Derived(b);