Complex Automapper Configuration - automapper

Question

I'm mapping from an existing database to a DTO and back again use Automapper (4.1.1) and I've hit a few small problems.
I have a (simplified) model for the database table:
public class USER_DETAILS
{
[Key]
public string UDT_LOGIN { get; set; }
public string UDT_USER_NAME { get; set; }
public string UDT_INITIALS { get; set; }
public string UDT_USER_GROUP { get; set; }
public decimal UDT_CLAIM_LIMIT { get; set; }
public string UDT_CLAIM_CCY { get; set; }
}
and a DTO object:
public class User
{
public string Login { get; set; }
public string UserName { get; set; }
public string Initials { get; set; }
public string UserGroup { get; set; }
public double ClaimLimit { get; set; }
public string ClaimCurrency { get; set; }
}
I've created a profile
public class FromProfile : Profile
{
protected override void Configure()
{
this.RecognizePrefixes("UDT_");
this.ReplaceMemberName("CCY", "Currency");
this.SourceMemberNamingConvention = new UpperUnderscoreNamingConvention();
this.DestinationMemberNamingConvention = new PascalCaseNamingConvention();
this.CreateMap<decimal, double>().ConvertUsing((decimal src) => (double)src);
this.CreateMap<USER_DETAILS, User>();
}
}
However, it seems that Automapper doesn't like combining this many settings in the config. Even simplifying the models, I can't get
this.RecognizePrefixes("UDT_");
this.ReplaceMemberName("CCY", "Currency");
to work together, and whilst
this.CreateMap<decimal, double>().ConvertUsing((decimal src) => (double)src);
works ok with the models in the test, it fails when using it against a database.
Is there a way to get all this to work together, or should I fall back to using ForMember(). I was really hoping I could get this working as there are a lot of tables in this system, and I'd rather not have to do each one individually.

Answer 1

You will need to extend this for other types, only tested with strings, I have an extension method that does all the work and looks for unmapped properties.
public class USER_DETAILS
{
public string UDT_LOGIN { get; set; }
public string UDT_USER_NAME { get; set; }
public string UDT_INITIALS { get; set; }
public string UDT_USER_GROUP { get; set; }
// public decimal UDT_CLAIM_LIMIT { get; set; }
public string UDT_CLAIM_CCY { get; set; }
}
public class User
{
public string Login { get; set; }
public string UserName { get; set; }
public string Initials { get; set; }
public string UserGroup { get; set; }
//public double ClaimLimit { get; set; }
public string ClaimCurrency { get; set; }
}
public static class AutoMapperExtensions
{
public static IMappingExpression<TSource, TDestination>
CustomPropertyMapper<TSource, TDestination>(this IMappingExpression<TSource, TDestination> expression)
{
var sourceType = typeof(TSource);
var destinationType = typeof(TDestination);
var existingMaps = Mapper.GetAllTypeMaps().First(x => x.SourceType == sourceType && x.DestinationType == destinationType);
var properties = sourceType.GetProperties();
foreach (var property in existingMaps.GetUnmappedPropertyNames())
{
var similarPropertyName =
properties.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name.Replace("_", "").Replace("UDT", "").ToLower().Contains(property.ToLower()));
if(similarPropertyName == null)
continue;
var myPropInfo = sourceType.GetProperty(similarPropertyName.Name);
expression.ForMember(property, opt => opt.MapFrom<string>(myPropInfo.Name));
}
return expression;
}
}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
InitializeAutomapper();
var userDetails = new USER_DETAILS
{
UDT_LOGIN = "Labi-Login",
UDT_USER_NAME = "Labi-UserName",
UDT_INITIALS = "L"
};
var mapped = Mapper.Map<User>(userDetails);
}
static void InitializeAutomapper()
{
Mapper.CreateMap<USER_DETAILS, User>().CustomPropertyMapper();
}
}
}