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Introduction

I am creating this post as a reference for myself and others that find it useful for things I found while using the AutoMapper library. I will continue to grow this list as reference page for tips, tricks, and best practices I’ve found.

IgnoreAllNonExisting

This statement is one that I put on all of my mapping profiles to ensure that you don’t set values for properties that do not match your “From” object.

Mapper.CreateMap<FromObjectName, ToObjectName>()
    .IgnoreAllNonExisting();

Conditional

I’ve seen some mapper profiles get very confused with the conditionals. This format helps keep it readable.

Mapper.CreateMap<FromObjectName, ToObjectName>()
    .ForMember(m => m.MyPropertyName, o =>
    {
        o.Condition(s => s.MyPropertyToCheck == 1); 
        o.MapFrom(s => DoSomethingToProperty(s.MyPropertyName));
    });