How to subclass a class in Web Reference? (class is in reference.cs)

Question

I am building a .dll from a webservice to look like so:

namespace MyDllFromWebService
{
    public class AnimalDll_2013
    {    
        public AnimalApi.Animal UpdateAnimal(Animal animal)
        {
            return new AnimalApi().UpdateAnimal(credentials, animal)
        }

        public AnimalApi.Animal GetAnimal(int id)
        {
            return new AnimalApi().GetAnimal(credentials, id)
        }
    }

    //I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS TO BE USED
    public class Animal
    {

    }
}

I am running into issues with the Animal class. I want to be able to use an Animal class in my main namespace (not AnimalApi.Animal).

How do I go about making this happen? (I tried inheriting but i have xml errors "not excepted)

Please point me in the right direction as to how to use XmlInclude properly or something.

Ideally, i would like to leave Reference.cs as is but if i need to change it, i can (I would like to do it from my main class). Thanks.

Answer 1

Used AutoMapper.dll... worked like a charm!