Using AutoMapper to map a string to an enum

Question

I have the following classes domain and Dto classes:

public class Profile
{
   public string Name { get; set; }
   public string SchoolGrade { get; set; } 
}

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Answer 1

in mapping configuration

{
CreateMap().ConvertUsing>();
}

converters

public class StringToEnumConverter : ITypeConverter, ITypeConverter where T : struct
    {
        public T Convert(ResolutionContext context)
        {
            T t;
            if (Enum.TryParse(source, out t))
            {
                return t;
            }

            var source = (string)context.SourceValue;
            if (StringToEnumBase.HasDisplayAttribute())
            {
                var result = StringToEnumBase.Parse(source);
                return result;
            }

            throw new ConverterException();
        }

        T? ITypeConverter.Convert(ResolutionContext context)
        {
            var source = (string)context.SourceValue;
            if (source == null) return null;

            return Convert(context);
        }
    }

    public static class StringToEnumBase where T:struct
        {
            public static T Parse(string str)
            {
                var type = typeof (T);

                var enumMembers = type.GetMembers(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static);

                var enumMembersCollection = enumMembers
                    .Select(enumMember => new
                    {
                        enumMember,
                        attributes = enumMember.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DisplayAttribute), false)
                    })
                    .Select(t1 => new
                    {
                        t1, value = ((DisplayAttribute) t1.attributes[0]).Name
                    })
                    .Select(t1 => new Tuple(t1.value, t1.t1.enumMember.Name))
                    .ToList();
                var currentMember = enumMembersCollection.FirstOrDefault(item => item.Item1 == str);
                if (currentMember == null) throw new ConverterException();

                T t;
                if (Enum.TryParse(currentMember.Item2, out t))
                {
                    return t;
                }

                throw new ConverterException();
            }

            public static bool HasDisplayAttribute()
            {
                var type = typeof (T);
                var attributes = type.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DisplayAttribute), false);
                return attributes.Length > 0;
            }
        }