Mapping items from one class to another if Items are equivalent

Question

Say I have one class that looks like this:

public class Person
{
     public string Name {get; set;}
     public int Number {get; set;}
}
         


        

Answer 1

An object oriented approach.

public class Mammal
{
    public Mammal(Mammal toCopy)
    {
        Name = toCopy.Name;
        Number = toCopy.Number;
    }
    public string Name {get; set;}
    public int Number {get; set;}
}
public class Person: Mammal
{
    public Person(Mammal toCopy) {} /* will default to base constructor */
}

public class Dog: Mammal
{
    public Dog(Mammal toCopy) {} /* will default to base constructor */
}

This will allow the following:

Person person = new Person();
person.Name = "George";
person.Number = 1;
Dog dog = new Dog(person);