Question

The source class:

public class Post
{
    public long ID { get; set; }

    [Column(TypeName="nvarchar")]
    [Required]
    [StringLength(250)]
    public string Name { get; set; }

    [Column(TypeName="varchar")]
    [StringLength(250)]
    public string UrlName { get; set; }

    [Column(TypeName="ntext")]
    public string Excerpt { get; set; }

    [Column(TypeName="ntext")]
    [Required]
    public string Content { get; set; }

    public DateTime PostedTime { get; set; }
    public DateTime? PublishedTime { get; set; }
    public DateTime? LastUpdatedTime { get; set; }
    public bool IsPublished { get; set; }

    public virtual List<Category> Categories { get; set; }
    public virtual List<Comment> Comments { get; set; }
    public virtual List<Tag> Tags { get; set; }
}

the destination class

public class Post : Model
{
    public long ID { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string UrlName { get; set; }
    public string Excerpt { get; set; }
    public string Content { get; set; }
    public DateTime PostedTime { get; set; }
    public DateTime LastCommentedTime { get; set; }
    public bool IsPublished { get; set; }

    public List<Category> Category { get; set; }
    public List<Comment> Comments { get; set; }
    public List<Tag> Tags { get; set; }
}

I try using EmitMapper to map from each other; when mapping from source to desction, here is the code sample：

[TestMethod]
    public void ShouleMapEntityToModel()
    {
        Post eP = new Post();
        eP.ID = 2;
        eP.Comments = new List<Comment>();

        eP.Comments.Add(new Comment()
            {
                ID = 2,
                Author = "derek"
            });

        var mP = eP.Map<Post, mBlog.Core.Models.Post>();

        Assert.IsNotNull(mP);
        Assert.AreEqual(1, mP.Comments.Count());
    }

and I got an exception,

Test method mBlog.Test.EmitMapperTest.ShouleMapEntityToModel threw exception:
System.Exception: Constructor for types [] not found in System.Collections.Generic.IList`1[[mBlog.Core.Models.Post, mBlog.Core, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]]

Answer 1

I had the same problem, but I have found the solution. Don’t user Lists for your destination object. If you use simple arrays in your mBlog.Core.Models.Post object you should get a nicely filled object. So your destination class should look like:

public class Post : Model
{
    public long ID { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string UrlName { get; set; }
    public string Excerpt { get; set; }
    public string Content { get; set; }
    public DateTime PostedTime { get; set; }
    public DateTime LastCommentedTime { get; set; }
    public bool IsPublished { get; set; }

    public Category[] Category { get; set; }
    public Comment[] Comments { get; set; }
    public Tag[] Tags { get; set; }
}