How to get the lowercase name of an object, even when null, in C# [duplicate]

Answer 1

Consider this code:

    public class MyClass1{}
    public class MyClass2{}

    public static void Test1()
    {
        MyClass1 one = null;
        MyClass2 two = (MyClass2) (object) one;

        one = new MyClass1();
        //invalid cast exception
        two = (MyClass2)(object) one;
    }

The runtime-type of a null instance is object, at least from a type-safety point of view.