The implicit keyword is used to declare an implicit user-defined type conversion operator.
In other words, this gives the power to your C# class, which can accepts any reasonably convertible data type without type casting. And such a kind of class can also be assigned to any convertible object or variable. e.g.
class MyType
{
public static implicit operator int(MyType m)
{
// code to convert from MyType to int
}
}
e.g. within DeltaShell
public string Path { get; set; }
public static implicit operator TestDataPath(string path)
{
return new TestDataPath { Path = path };
}
public static class Plugins
{
public static class Habitat
{
public static readonly TestDataPath DeltaShellPluginsImportersHabitatTests = "DeltaShell.Plugins.Habitat.Tests";
public static readonly TestDataPath DeltaShellPluginsHabitatTests = "DeltaShell.Plugins.Habitat.Tests";
}
}