More automatic way to use automapper to map to Entity Framework objects

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I am mapping quite a few WCF Data Contracts to Entity Framework Classes.

For every class I have to do this kind of thing:

Mapper.CreateMap<MyContractClass, MyDalClass>()
    .ForMember(x => x.EntityKey, opt => opt.Ignore())
    .ForMember(x => x.SomeAssociation, opt => opt.Ignore())
    .ForMember(x => x.SomeAssociationReference, opt=> opt.Ignore())
    // Repeat 
    // the 
    // last 
    // /two 
    // lines 
    // for 
    // every 
    // single 
    // association
    // (Some classes have a lot of associations)
    ;

Is there an easier way? Some way to rule out all the extra stuff put in by EntityFramework?

Or does this just have to be done by hand?

NOTE: I have extensively evaluated the POCO template and it does not work for my scenario. Please do not just recommend that instead of Automapper.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:27:32Z

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Assuming that your contract class doesn't have the association properties, you could use this extension method to ignore them all in one statement:

Mapper.CreateMap<MyContractClass, MyDalClass>().IgnoreAllNonExisting();

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answered Oct 11, 2011 at 17:46

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Andreas · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-11 17:47:15Z

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I'm using T4 templates to generate the mappings from the EDMX model. This works very well and has saved me a lot of time so far. The idea is from this guy. You can download his templates and customize them to work for your scenario.

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kzfabi · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-24 03:07:18Z

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You can use EntitiesToDTOs which is simpler than AutoMapper. You don't have to write the map, neither configurate it. It is all automatically generated by the tool.

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