Question

Here’s what I want to do…

public class A
{
    public string Content { get; set; }
}

A a = new A();
a.Content = "Hello world!";
string b = a; // b now equals "<span>Hello world!</span>"

So I want to control how a is converted into a String… somehow…

Answer 1

public class A
{
    public string Content { get; set; }
    public static implicit operator string(A a)
    {
        return string.Format("<span>{0}</span>", a.Content);
    }
}