Entity Framework + AutoMapper ( Entity to DTO and DTO to Entity )

Question

I\'ve got some problems using EF with AutoMapper. =/

for example :

I\'ve got 2 related entities ( Customers and Orders ) and they\'re DTO classes :

Answer 1

As you can read here you need to do the following

You can update entities with AutoMapper. Here's how: pass both the DTO and the entity object to AutoMapper's Map method. That's what this code does:

custExisting = Mapper.Map(Of CustomerDTO,  Customer)(custDTO, custExisting)

Also beware of mapping issues like the one described here

These tips worked for me.