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what point of automapper? give me simple example?

i have watched video on it, not clicking.

sam

typically automapper great @ mapping between data entities , business models. e.g., lets instance, have data domain type, call personentity, , has array of properties: firstname, surname, gender etc. don't want expose data domain type through consuming application, can define business domain types, e.g. person, person type can contain additional business logic, such getrelatedpersons, etc, may not functionality tied data domain. in case, have 2 types, personentity , person @ point have write boilerplate code copy properties 1 other. variety of ways, could:

1.copy constructor:

public person(personentity entity) { 

2.generalised mapping method:

public person createperson(personentity entity) { 

3.implicit/explicit conversion:

public static implicit operator person(personentity entity) { 

but automapper allows do, create mapping process between 2 types. in simiplist form, could:

person person = mapper.map<personentity, person>(entity); 

by using convention-first approach, automapper framework translate matching properties 1 instance next. allows customise how types mapped if want more fine grained control.

hope helps.