Use Automapper to flatten sub-class of property
- by Neil
Given the classes:
public class Person
{
public string Name { get; set; }
}
public class Student : Person
{
public int StudentId { get; set; }
}
public class Source
{
public Person Person { get; set; }
}
public class Dest
{
public string PersonName { get; set; }
public int? PersonStudentId { get; set; }
}
I want to use Automapper to map Source - Dest.
This test obviously fails:
Mapper.CreateMap<Source, Dest>();
var source = new Source() { Person = new Student(){ Name = "J", StudentId = 5 }};
var dest = Mapper.Map<Source, Dest>(source);
Assert.AreEqual(5, dest.PersonStudentId);
What would be the best approach to mapping this given that "Person" is actually a heavily used data-type throughout our domain model.
