Automapper map from one object to nested objects

Bjarki Heiðar picture Bjarki Heiðar · Feb 2, 2012 · Viewed 14.2k times · Source

What is the best way to map inner objects with Automapper 2.0

  1. Use the solution in this question (Automapper 1.0)

  2. Create a Custom Value Resolvers

  3. ?

    public class DTOObject
    {
        // MainObject
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }
    
        // SubObject (TopObject)
        public string TopText { get; set; }
        public string TopFont { get; set; }
    
        // SubObject (BottomObject)
        public string BottomText { get; set; }
        public string BottomFont { get; set; }
    }
    
    public class MainObject
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }
    
        public SubObject TopObject { get; set; }
        public SubObject BottomObject { get; set; }
    }
    
    public class SubObject
    {
        public string SubPropText { get; set; }
        public string SubPropFont { get; set; }
    }
    

Custom Value Resolvers

    public class CustomResolver : ValueResolver<DTOObject, SubObject>
    {
        protected override SubObject ResolveCore(DTOObject source)
        {
            return Mapper.Map<DTOObject, SubObject>(source);
        }
    }

Answer

ZedRoth picture ZedRoth · Nov 9, 2015

For me it was possible to use just MapFrom (without ResolveUsing what gives you a chance to use this mapping with IQueryable extensions). So you will get the following in the Automapper configuration:

Mapper.CreateMap<DTOObject, SubObject>()
    .ForMember(dest => dest.SubPropText, opt => opt.MapFrom(x => x.BottomText))
    .ForMember(dest => dest.SubPropFont, opt => opt.MapFrom(x => x.BottomFont));

Mapper.CreateMap<DTOObject, MainObject>()
    .ForMember(dest => dest.SubPart, opt => opt.MapFrom(x => x));