make a class convertible to another class vb.net

Is it possible to make my custom item class so that I can put it straight into a 开发者_运维技巧listviewitem? What I mean is a listview and I want to be able to do Listview.items(0) = Item

Or is this not possible?

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You can make your class derive from ListViewItem

Public Class MyItem
    Inherits ListViewItem

    ....

End Class

This allows you to use MyItem in all places where a ListViewItem is accepted.