AutoMapper - Mapping source object to nested object

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How to map single object to nested object

The below one is my entity.

class Employee
{
    public string name { get; set; }
    public string city_name { get; set; }
    public string State_name { get; set; }
}

I want to map to

class Employee
{
    public string Name;
    public Location Location;
}

class Location
{
    public string City;

    public string State;
}

Please note that the property names are different. Can any one could help to map these using AutoMapper

Yong Shun

Solution 1: `ForPath`

1.1 Create Profile instance with inheriting from Profile and put the configuration in the constructor.

1.1.1 Using ForPath to map nested property.

public class EmployeeProfile : Profile
{
    public EmployeeProfile()
    {
        CreateMap<Employee, EmployeeDto>()
            .ForPath(dest => dest.Location.City, opt => opt.MapFrom(src => src.city_name))
            .ForPath(dest => dest.Location.State, opt => opt.MapFrom(src => src.State_name));
    }
}

1.2 Adding profile to mapper configuration

public static void Main()
{
    var config = new MapperConfiguration(cfg =>
    {

        cfg.AddProfile<EmployeeProfile>();

        // Note: Demo program to use this configuration rather with EmployeeProfile
        /*
        cfg.CreateMap<Employee, EmployeeDto>()
            .ForPath(dest => dest.Location.City, opt => opt.MapFrom(src => src.city_name))
            .ForPath(dest => dest.Location.State, opt => opt.MapFrom(src => src.State_name));
        */      
    });
    IMapper mapper = config.CreateMapper();
        
    var employee = new Employee{name = "Mark", city_name = "City A", State_name = "State A"};

    var employeeDto = mapper.Map<Employee, EmployeeDto>(employee);
}

Sample Solution 1 on .Net Fiddle

Solution 2: `AfterMap`

2.1 Create Profile instance with inheriting from Profile and put the configuration in the constructor.

2.1.1 Using AfterMap to perform mapping nested property after map occurs.

public class EmployeeProfile : Profile
{
    public EmployeeProfile()
    {
        CreateMap<Employee, EmployeeDto>()
            .AfterMap((src, dest) => { dest.Location = 
                    new Location {
                        City = src.city_name,
                        State = src.State_name
                    };
                });
    }
}

2.2 Adding profile to mapper configuration

public static void Main()
{
    var config = new MapperConfiguration(cfg =>
    {

        cfg.AddProfile<EmployeeProfile>();

        // Note: Demo program to use this configuration rather with EmployeeProfile
        /*
        cfg.CreateMap<Employee, EmployeeDto>()
            .AfterMap((src, dest) => { dest.Location = 
                    new Location {
                        City = src.city_name,
                        State = src.State_name
                    };
                });
        */      
    });
    IMapper mapper = config.CreateMapper();
        
    var employee = new Employee{name = "Mark", city_name = "City A", State_name = "State A"};

    var employeeDto = mapper.Map<Employee, EmployeeDto>(employee);
}

Sample Solution 2 on .Net Fiddle

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edited at2021-09-26

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