I have a domain object
public class ProductModel { public long Id {get;set;} public string Name {get;set;} public string SerialNumber {get;set;} }
Single Dto class:
public class ProductDto { public long Id {get;set;} public string Name {get;set;} public string SerialNumber {get;set;} }
Single Dto class that is a list of Dto object:
public class ProductListDto : List { public List Products; public ProductListDto() { Products = new List(); } }
And I'd like to map a list of domain objects to list of Dto objects such that the "Products" property of ProductListDto object AUTOMATICALLY is mapped with a list of ProductModel objects:
ProductListDto dto = new ProductListDto(); Mapper.CreateMap(); /* dto = (ProductListDto) Mapper.Map, List>((List)model); this code line causes error. It is commented out. */ dto.Products = Mapper.Map, List>((List)model); // (*) works OK but need to specify "Products" property
The code line (*) works OK, but I'd like to know if there is another way to AUTOMATICALLY (implicitly) map that "Products" property of dto object other than the code line (*)?
That means I do not have to write code like the left hand side of code line (*).
You will need to create a mapping for it. Something like this should work:
namespace StackOverflow { using System.Collections.Generic; using AutoMapper; public class MyProfile : Profile { public override string ProfileName { get { return "MyProfile"; } } protected override void Configure() { Mapper.CreateMap(); Mapper.CreateMap, ProductListDto>() .ForMember(dest => dest.Products, opt => opt.MapFrom( src => Mapper.Map, List>(src))); } } }
Then in your code you can do:
dto = Mapper.Map, ProductListDto>((List)model);
Here are a couple of unit tests to show how it works:
namespace StackOverflow { using System.Collections.Generic; using AutoMapper; using NUnit.Framework; [TestFixture] public class MappingTests { [Test] public void AutoMapper_Configuration_IsValid() { Mapper.Initialize(m => m.AddProfile()); Mapper.AssertConfigurationIsValid(); } [Test] public void AutoMapper_DriverMapping_IsValid() { Mapper.Initialize(m => m.AddProfile()); Mapper.AssertConfigurationIsValid(); var products = new List { new ProductModel { Id = 1, Name = "StackOverflow Rocks", SerialNumber = "1234" }, new ProductModel { Id = 2, Name = "I Also Rock", SerialNumber = "4321" } }; var productsDto = Mapper.Map, ProductListDto>(products); Assert.That(productsDto, Is.Not.Null); Assert.That(productsDto.Products, Is.Not.Null); Assert.That(productsDto.Products.Count, Is.EqualTo(2)); } } }
