I\'d like to map a paged list of business objects to a paged list of view model objects using something like this:
var listViewModel = _mappingEngine.Map
AutoMapper automatically handles conversions between several types of lists and arrays: http://automapper.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Lists%20and%20Arrays
It doesn't appear to automatically convert custom types of lists inherited from IList, but a work around could be:
var pagedListOfRequestForQuote = new PagedList<RequestForQuoteViewModel>(
AutoMapper.Mapper.Map<List<RequestForQuote>, List<RequestForQuoteViewModel>>(((List<RequestForQuote>)requestForQuotes),
page ?? 1,
pageSize
I created a little wrapper around AutoMapper to map PagedList<DomainModel>
to PagedList<ViewModel>
.
public class MappingService : IMappingService
{
public static Func<object, Type, Type, object> AutoMap = (a, b, c) =>
{
throw new InvalidOperationException(
"The Mapping function must be set on the MappingService class");
};
public PagedList<TDestinationElement> MapToViewModelPagedList<TSourceElement, TDestinationElement>(PagedList<TSourceElement> model)
{
var mappedList = MapPagedListElements<TSourceElement, TDestinationElement>(model);
var index = model.PagerInfo.PageIndex;
var pageSize = model.PagerInfo.PageSize;
var totalCount = model.PagerInfo.TotalCount;
return new PagedList<TDestinationElement>(mappedList, index, pageSize, totalCount);
}
public object Map<TSource, TDestination>(TSource model)
{
return AutoMap(model, typeof(TSource), typeof(TDestination));
}
public object Map(object source, Type sourceType, Type destinationType)
{
if (source is IPagedList)
{
throw new NotSupportedException(
"Parameter source of type IPagedList is not supported. Please use MapToViewModelPagedList instead");
}
if (source is IEnumerable)
{
IEnumerable<object> input = ((IEnumerable)source).OfType<object>();
Array a = Array.CreateInstance(destinationType.GetElementType(), input.Count());
int index = 0;
foreach (object data in input)
{
a.SetValue(AutoMap(data, data.GetType(), destinationType.GetElementType()), index);
index++;
}
return a;
}
return AutoMap(source, sourceType, destinationType);
}
private static IEnumerable<TDestinationElement> MapPagedListElements<TSourceElement, TDestinationElement>(IEnumerable<TSourceElement> model)
{
return model.Select(element => AutoMap(element, typeof(TSourceElement), typeof(TDestinationElement))).OfType<TDestinationElement>();
}
}
Usage:
PagedList<Article> pagedlist = repository.GetPagedList(page, pageSize);
mappingService.MapToViewModelPagedList<Article, ArticleViewModel>(pagedList);
It is important that you would have to use the element types!
If you have any question or suggestions, please feel free to comment :)
Using jrummell's answer, I created an extension method that works with Troy Goode's PagedList. It keeps you from having to put so much code everywhere...
public static IPagedList<TDestination> ToMappedPagedList<TSource, TDestination>(this IPagedList<TSource> list)
{
IEnumerable<TDestination> sourceList = Mapper.Map<IEnumerable<TSource>, IEnumerable<TDestination>>(list);
IPagedList<TDestination> pagedResult = new StaticPagedList<TDestination>(sourceList, list.GetMetaData());
return pagedResult;
}
Usage is:
var pagedDepartments = database.Departments.OrderBy(orderBy).ToPagedList(pageNumber, pageSize).ToMappedPagedList<Department, DepartmentViewModel>();
If you're using Troy Goode's PageList, there's a StaticPagedList class that can help you map.
// get your original paged list
IPagedList<Foo> pagedFoos = _repository.GetFoos(pageNumber, pageSize);
// map to IEnumerable
IEnumerable<Bar> bars = Mapper.Map<IEnumerable<Bar>>(pagedFoos);
// create an instance of StaticPagedList with the mapped IEnumerable and original IPagedList metadata
IPagedList<Bar> pagedBars = new StaticPagedList<Bar>(bars, pagedFoos.GetMetaData());
I needed to return a serializable version of IPagedList<>
with AutoMapper version 6.0.2 that supports the IMapper
interface for ASP.NET Web API. So, if the question was how do I support the following:
//Mapping from an enumerable of "foo" to a different enumerable of "bar"...
var listViewModel = _mappingEngine.Map<IPagedList<RequestForQuote>, PagedViewModel<RequestForQuoteViewModel>>(requestForQuotes);
Then one could do this:
Define PagedViewModel<T>
Source: AutoMapper Custom Type Converter not working
public class PagedViewModel<T>
{
public int FirstItemOnPage { get; set; }
public bool HasNextPage { get; set; }
public bool HasPreviousPage { get; set; }
public bool IsFirstPage { get; set; }
public bool IsLastPage { get; set; }
public int LastItemOnPage { get; set; }
public int PageCount { get; set; }
public int PageNumber { get; set; }
public int PageSize { get; set; }
public int TotalItemCount { get; set; }
public IEnumerable<T> Subset { get; set; }
}
Write open generic converter from IPagedList<T>
to PagedViewModel<T>
Source: https://github.com/AutoMapper/AutoMapper/wiki/Open-Generics
public class Converter<TSource, TDestination> : ITypeConverter<IPagedList<TSource>, PagedViewModel<TDestination>>
{
public PagedViewModel<TDestination> Convert(IPagedList<TSource> source, PagedViewModel<TDestination> destination, ResolutionContext context)
{
return new PagedViewModel<TDestination>()
{
FirstItemOnPage = source.FirstItemOnPage,
HasNextPage = source.HasNextPage,
HasPreviousPage = source.HasPreviousPage,
IsFirstPage = source.IsFirstPage,
IsLastPage = source.IsLastPage,
LastItemOnPage = source.LastItemOnPage,
PageCount = source.PageCount,
PageNumber = source.PageNumber,
PageSize = source.PageSize,
TotalItemCount = source.TotalItemCount,
Subset = context.Mapper.Map<IEnumerable<TSource>, IEnumerable<TDestination>>(source) //User mapper to go from "foo" to "bar"
};
}
}
Configure mapper
new MapperConfiguration(cfg =>
{
cfg.CreateMap<RequestForQuote, RequestForQuoteViewModel>();//Define each object you need to map
cfg.CreateMap(typeof(IPagedList<>), typeof(PagedViewModel<>)).ConvertUsing(typeof(Converter<,>)); //Define open generic mapping
});
AutoMapper does not support this out of the box, as it doesn't know about any implementation of IPagedList<>
. You do however have a couple of options:
Write a custom IObjectMapper
, using the existing Array/EnumerableMappers as a guide. This is the way I would go personally.
Write a custom TypeConverter, using:
Mapper
.CreateMap<IPagedList<Foo>, IPagedList<Bar>>()
.ConvertUsing<MyCustomTypeConverter>();
and inside use Mapper.Map
to map each element of the list.