How do I select an aggregate object efficiently using Dapper?

Question

Lets say that I have a series of objects that form an aggregate.

public class C{
 public string Details {get;set;}
}

public class B{
  public string Details         


        

Answer 1

I think the helper I propose here: Multi-Mapper to create object hierarchy may be of help.

var mapped = cnn.QueryMultiple(sql)
   .Map<A,B,A>
    (
       A => A.ID, 
       B => B.AID,
       a, bees => { A.Items = bees};  
    );

Assuming you extend your GridReader and with a mapper:

public static IEnumerable<TFirst> Map<TFirst, TSecond, TKey>
    (
    this GridReader reader,
    Func<TFirst, TKey> firstKey, 
    Func<TSecond, TKey> secondKey, 
    Action<TFirst, IEnumerable<TSecond>> addChildren
    )
{
    var first = reader.Read<TFirst>().ToList();
    var childMap = reader
        .Read<TSecond>()
        .GroupBy(s => secondKey(s))
        .ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.AsEnumerable());

    foreach (var item in first)
    {
        IEnumerable<TSecond> children;
        if(childMap.TryGetValue(firstKey(item), out children))
        {
            addChildren(item,children);
        }
    }

    return first;
}

You could extend this pattern to work with a 3 level hierarchy.