C#

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Employee emp = ReallyCoolFuncSingle();
            //MessageBox.Show(emp.Age + " " + emp.BasePerson.PersonName);
        }

        
        public Employee ReallyCoolFuncSingle()
        {
            Employee e = new Employee();
            Person p = CoolFuncSingle();

            e = (Employee)p;
            e.Age = "100";
            
            return e;
        }
        //public Employee[] ReallyCoolFuncArray()
        //{
        //    Employee[] e;
        //    Person[] p = CoolFuncArray();

        //    e = (Employee[])p;
        //    //e.Age = "100";

        //    return e;
        //}


        public Person CoolFuncSingle()
        {
            Person p = new Person();
            p.PersonName="billy bob";
            return p;
        }
        public Person[] CoolFuncArray()
        {
            Person[] p = new Person[2];
            p[0] = new Person();
            p[1] = new Person();
            p[0].PersonName = "billy bob";
            p[1].PersonName = "frank";

            return p;
        }



        public class Person
        {
            private string _PersonName;

            public string PersonName
            {
                get { return _PersonName; }
                set { _PersonName = value; }
            }

            public static explicit operator Person(Employee e)
            {
                Person p = new Person();
                p.PersonName = e.PersonName;
                //e.Age = 100;
                return p;
            }
	
        }
        public class Employee// : Person
        {
            //private Person _BasePerson;

            //public Person BasePerson
            //{
            //    get { return _BasePerson; }
            //    set { _BasePerson = value; }
            //}
	
            #region person stuff
            private string _PersonName;

            public string PersonName
            {
                get { return _PersonName; }
                set { _PersonName = value; }
            }
            #endregion

            private string _Age;

            public string Age
            {
                get { return _Age; }
                set { _Age = value; }
            }

            public static explicit operator Employee(Person p)
            {
                Employee e = new Employee();
                e.PersonName = p.PersonName;
                //e.Age = 100;
                return e;
            }
        }

((IConvertible)"1024").ToType(<br />
     Type.GetType("System.Int64"),<br />
     System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture )<br />
((IConvertible)"5/5/1985").ToType(<br />
     Type.GetType("System.DateTime"),<br />
     System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture )<br />
((IConvertible)"1024").ToType(<br />
     Type.GetType("System.Double"),<br />
     System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture )

object ConvertString(string str_to_convert, string type_to_convert)<br />
{<br />
     return ((IConvertible)str_to_convert).ToType(<br />
               Type.GetType(type_to_convert),<br />
               System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture )<br />
}

public int CompareTo(object obj)
{
    AdminPaper paper = (AdminPaper)obj;

    if (this.scoreDouble > paper.scoreDouble)
    {
        return -1;
    }
    else if (this.scoreDouble < paper.scoreDouble)
    {
        return +1;
    }
    else
        return 0;
}