Mapping items from one class to another if Items are equivalent

Question

Say I have one class that looks like this:

public class Person
{
     public string Name {get; set;}
     public int Number {get; set;}
}
         


        

Answer 1

You can use AutoMapper:

public Dog UsingAMR(Person prs)
{
    var config = new MapperConfiguration(cfg =>
    {
        cfg.CreateMap();
    });
    IMapper mapper = config.CreateMapper();
    return mapper.Map(prs);
}

Then you can easily:

Person ps = new Person {Name = "John", Number = 25};
Dog dog = UsingAMR(ps);

Just don't forget to install AutoMapper first from the package manager console as mentioned in the reference:

1. From Tools menu click on NuGet Package Manager ==> Package Manager Console

2. Then type the following command:

   PM> Install-Package AutoMapper