How to scan and auto-configure profiles in AutoMapper?

Question

Is there any way to auto-configue Automapper to scan for all profiles in namespace/assembly? What I would like to do is to add mapping profiles to AutoMapper from given asse

Answer 1

In the latest versions of AutoMapper it's possible to register multiple Profile scanning one or more assemblies :

 Mapper.Initialize(x => x.AddProfiles(typeof(MyMappingProfile).Assembly));

Tested with AutoMapper v. 6.0.2.0

Answer 2

Yeah, that would be fantastic...and exactly what I'm overhauling for V2. Scanning, registration, conventions etc.

There's not a good "What do I have" feature, but I think it would definitely be worth adding.

Answer 3

In .NET Core:

    services.AddSingleton(this.CreateMapper());
    //...
    private IMapper CreateMapper()
            => new MapperConfiguration(config => config.AddMaps(Assembly.Load("Your.Project.App")))
            .CreateMapper();

Answer 4

I found this post while searching as well, but this is how I implemented an auto mapping scheme:

public class MyCustomMap : Profile
{
    protected override void Configure()
    {
        CreateMap<MyCustomViewModel, MyCustomObject>()
            .ForMember(dest => dest.Phone,
                        opt => opt.MapFrom(
                        src => src.PhoneAreaCode + src.PhoneFirstThree + src.PhoneLastFour));
    }
}

public static class AutoMapperConfiguration
{
    public static void Configure()
    {
        Mapper.Initialize(x => GetConfiguration(Mapper.Configuration));
    }

    private static void GetConfiguration(IConfiguration configuration)
    {
        var profiles = typeof(MyCustomMap).Assembly.GetTypes().Where(x => typeof(Profile).IsAssignableFrom(x));
        foreach (var profile in profiles)
        {
            configuration.AddProfile(Activator.CreateInstance(profile) as Profile);
        }
    }
}

So when my application starts, all I call is

AutoMapperConfiguration.Configure(); 

And all my maps are registered.

Answer 5

I have it like this, don't know if it is the best way but it works very well on pretty large project.

public class AutoMapperGlobalConfiguration : IGlobalConfiguration
    {
        private AutoMapper.IConfiguration _configuration;

        public AutoMapperGlobalConfiguration(IConfiguration configuration)
        {
            _configuration = configuration;
        }

        public void Configure()
        {
            //add all defined profiles
            var query = this.GetType().Assembly.GetExportedTypes()
                .Where(x => x.CanBeCastTo(typeof(AutoMapper.Profile)));

            _configuration.RecognizePostfixes("Id");

            foreach (Type type in query)
            {
                _configuration.AddProfile(ObjectFactory.GetInstance(type).As<Profile>());
            }

            //create maps for all Id2Entity converters
            MapAllEntities(_configuration);

           Mapper.AssertConfigurationIsValid();
        }

        private static void MapAllEntities(IProfileExpression configuration)
        {
            //get all types from the SR.Domain assembly and create maps that
            //convert int -> instance of the type using Id2EntityConverter
            var openType = typeof(Id2EntityConverter<>);
            var idType = typeof(int);
            var persistentEntties = typeof(SR.Domain.Policy.Entities.Bid).Assembly.GetTypes()
               .Where(t => typeof(EntityBase).IsAssignableFrom(t))
               .Select(t => new
               {
                   EntityType = t,
                   ConverterType = openType.MakeGenericType(t)
               });
            foreach (var e in persistentEntties)
            {
                var map = configuration.CreateMap(idType, e.EntityType);
                map.ConvertUsing(e.ConverterType);
            }
        }
    }
}

Answer 6

In version 9 of AutoMapper it can be done this way

var configuration = new MapperConfiguration(cfg =>
{
    // Add all Profiles from the Assembly containing this Type
    cfg.AddMaps(typeof(MyApp.SomeClass));
});

If you are using ASP.NET Core there is a helper extension to register all Profiles in Startup.ConfigureServices

// UI project
services.AddAutoMapper(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());

or

// Another assembly that contains a type
services.AddAutoMapper(Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(MyApp.SomeClass)));