Private collection mapping in fluent nhibernate

Question

How can I map this:

public class Customer
{
   private IList _orders;
   public IEnumerable 
   GetAllOrders()
   {
      return _o         


        

Answer 1

The easiest solution is to expose your collection as a public property Orders instead of the GetAllOrders() method. Then your mapping is

HasMany(x => x.Orders)
    .Access.AsCamelCaseField(Prefix.Underscore);

and your class is

public class Customer
{
    private IList _orders = new List();

    public IEnumerable Orders 
    { 
        get { return _orders; }
    }
}

If that doesn't work for you, it is possible to map private properties using Fluent NHibernate's Reveal mapping.

Edited to add: Having just done this, the correct answer is:

HasMany(Reveal.Property("_orders")) etc.

The collection must be exposed as a protected virtual property to allow proxying:

protected virtual IList _orders { get; set; }

This answer put me on the right track.