Constructor or Explicit Casting

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Constructor or Explicit Casting

When working with Linq to Sql, I create a separate class for sending data to a web page. To simplify the creation of these objects with steam, I either use a specialized constructor or an explicit conversion operator. I have two questions.

First, which approach is better in terms of readability?

Secondly, while the clr code I created turned out to be the same for me, there are situations when the compiler (in lambda or such) is processed differently than the other.

Sample code (DatabaseFoo uses a specialized constructor, and BusinessFoo uses an explicit statement):

public class DatabaseFoo
{
    private static int idCounter; // just to help with generating data
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }

    public DatabaseFoo()
    {
        Id = idCounter++;
        Name = string.Format("Test{0}", Id);
    }
    public DatabaseFoo(BusinessFoo foo)
    {
        this.Id = foo.Id;
        this.Name = foo.Name;
    }
}

public class BusinessFoo
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }

    public static explicit operator BusinessFoo(DatabaseFoo foo)
    {
        return FromDatabaseFoo(foo);
    }


    public static BusinessFoo FromDatabaseFoo(DatabaseFoo foo)
    {
        return new BusinessFoo {Id = foo.Id, Name = foo.Name};
    }
}

public class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Creating the initial list of DatabaseFoo");
        IEnumerable<DatabaseFoo> dafoos = new List<DatabaseFoo>() { new DatabaseFoo(), new DatabaseFoo(), new DatabaseFoo(), new DatabaseFoo(), new DatabaseFoo(), new DatabaseFoo()};

        foreach(DatabaseFoo dafoo in dafoos)
            Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0}\t{1}", dafoo.Id, dafoo.Name));

        Console.WriteLine("Casting the list of DatabaseFoo to a list of BusinessFoo");
        IEnumerable<BusinessFoo> bufoos = from x in dafoos
                                          select (BusinessFoo) x;

        foreach (BusinessFoo bufoo in bufoos)
            Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0}\t{1}", bufoo.Id, bufoo.Name));

        Console.WriteLine("Creating a new list of DatabaseFoo by calling the constructor taking BusinessFoo");
        IEnumerable<DatabaseFoo> fufoos = from x in bufoos
                                         select new DatabaseFoo(x);

        foreach(DatabaseFoo fufoo in fufoos)
            Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0}\t{1}", fufoo.Id, fufoo.Name));
    }
}