Mapping collections using AutoMapper

c# automapper
Brian Liang picture Brian Liang · Oct 26, 2009 · Viewed 32k times · Source

I'm trying to map an array into an ICollection of type <T>.

Basically I want to be able to do:

Mapper.CreateMap<X[], Y>();

Where Y is Collection<T>

Any ideas?

Answer

Drew Freyling picture Drew Freyling · Nov 12, 2009

You don't need to setup your mapping for collections, just the element types. So just:

Mapper.CreateMap<X, Y>();
Mapper.Map<X[], Collection<Y>>(objectToMap);

See here for more info: http://automapper.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Lists%20and%20Arrays&referringTitle=Home

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