Automapper map into nested class

Question

I have 1 class that I need t map into multiple classes, for eg.

This is the source that I\'m mapping from(view model):

public class UserBM
{
    publ         


        

Answer 1

I have another solution. The main idea is that AutoMapper know how to flatten nested objects when you name properly properties in flattened object: adding nested object property name as a prefix. For your case Location is prefix:

public class UserBM
{
    public int UserId { get; set; }

    public int LocationId { get; set; }
    public string LocationAddress { get; set; }
    public string LocationState { get; set; }
    public string LocationCountry { get; set; }
    ...
}

So creating familiar mapping from nested to flattened and then using ReverseMap method allows AutomMapper to understand how to unflatten nested object.

CreateMap()
   .ReverseMap();

That's all!