ASP.NET using AutoMapper

Question

I am learning ASP.NET by examples from the book on C# and that book was written at time when AutoMapper supported the method Initialize. I tried to circumvent it but not successfully. I replaced :

//    Mapper.Initialize(
  //    cfg =>
  //    {
  //      cfg.CreateMap<Inventory, Inventory>()
  //.ForMember(x => x.Orders, opt => opt.Ignore());
  //    });

with:

var config = new MapperConfiguration(cfg => cfg.CreateMap<Inventory, Inventory>()
       .ForMember(x => x.Orders, opt => opt.Ignore()));

and it seems (at least do not show errors in VS 2019).

But in the following:

// GET: api/Inventory
[HttpGet, Route("")]
public IEnumerable<Inventory> GetInventory()
{
    var inventories = _repo.GetAll();
    return Mapper.Map<List<Inventory>, List<Inventory>>(inventories);
}

I get an error:

An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property 'Mapper.Map<Inventory, Inventory>(Inventory)

Can somebody help me? Thanks. I am a newcomer here. Jiri

To be able to determine where the mapping is going wrong it would be useful to see the Inventory type. — glenatron
– glenatron, Commented Apr 11, 2022 at 8:00
namespace AutoLotDAL.Models { [Table("Inventory")] public partial class Inventory:EntityBase { [StringLength(50)] public string Make { get; set; } [StringLength(50)] public string Color { get; set; } [StringLength(50)] public string PetName { get; set; } public virtual ICollection<Order> Orders { get; set; } = new HashSet<Order>(); — jirkos
– jirkos, Commented Apr 11, 2022 at 17:58

M Rizwan · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-11 08:12:55Z

1

Try this

return Mapper.Map<List<Inventory>>(inventories);

edited Apr 11, 2022 at 8:12

answered Apr 11, 2022 at 7:56

M Rizwan

1088 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

3 Comments

jirkos Over a year ago

Thank you anyway, but it does the same error.

M Rizwan Over a year ago

I have use Automapper same way but I built the separate displayModel like this. var config = new MapperConfiguration(cfg => { cfg.CreateMap<ProductModel, ProductDisplayModel>(); });

M Rizwan Over a year ago

var productList = _productEndPoint.GetAll(); var products=Mapper.Map<List<ProductDisplayModel>>(productList);

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

ASP.NET using AutoMapper

1 Answer 1

3 Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

3 Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related