How to map View Model back to Domain Model in a POST action?

Question

Every article found in the Internet on using ViewModels and utilizing Automapper gives the guidelines of the \"Controller -> View\" direction mapping. You take a domain mod

Answer 1

You don't need mapping viewmodel to domain because your viewmodel may be created more than domain model. Viewmodels optimized for screen (ui) and different from domain model.

http://lostechies.com/jimmybogard/2009/06/30/how-we-do-mvc-view-models/