How do you use Automapper to map navigation properties in EF6? - entity-framework

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Note: I never solved this issue and just moved on to using a straight up Linq query. .Select(a => new UserDetailsDto { ContactId = a.ContactId, etc
The issue I'm having is trying to understand how Automapper can be used to map navigation properties with the parent entity all in one query.
Lets say I have a UserDto that closely mirrors the entity and looks like this:
public class User
{
public int UserId { get; set; }
public int UserDetailsId { get; set; }
public int ContactId { get; set; }
public DateTime CreateDateTime { get; set; }
public DateTime? ModifiedDateTime { get; set; }
public DateTime? InactiveDateTime { get; set; }
public UserDetail UserDetails { get; set; }
}
Then I have an entity called UserDetail which is mostly made up of navigation properties(I'll post just a few props to keep it short):
public partial class UserDetail
{
public int UserDetailId { get; set; }
public int UsertId { get; set; }
public DateTime? DateOfBirth { get; set; }
public int? ProviderId { get; set; }
public int? FacilityId { get; set; }
public int? CarrierId { get; set; }
public int? GenderId { get; set; }
public int? EthnicityId { get; set; }
}
Then its DTO
public class UserDetailDto
{
public int ParticipantDetailId { get; set; }
public int ParticipantId { get; set; }
public DateTime DateOfBirth { get; set; }
public string Provider { get; set; }
public string Facility { get; set; }
public string Carrier { get; set; }
public string Gender { get; set; }
public string Ethnicity { get; set; }
}
I've seen that you can use something like:
IEnumerable<UserDto> users = await
db.DbContext.Set<User>()
.ProjectTo<UserDto>()
.ToListAsync();
but I don't get how you use that in combination with something like .ForMember in the Mapper Config.
I'm just showing what I've seen. I'm totally open to any suggestion on how to accomplish this.
Edit:
Mapper Config:
config.CreateMap<User, UserDto>();
config.CreateMap<UserDto, User>();
config.CreateMap<UserDetail, UserDetailDto>()
.ForMember(dto => dto.Provider, conf => conf.MapFrom(entity => entity.Provider.ProviderName))
.ForMember(dto => dto.Facility, conf => conf.MapFrom(entity => entity.Facility.FacilityName))
.ForMember(dto => dto.Carrier, conf => conf.MapFrom(entity => entity.Carrier.CarrierName))
.ForMember(dto => dto.Gender, conf => conf.MapFrom(entity => entity.Gender.GenderText))
.ForMember(dto => dto.Ethnicity, conf => conf.MapFrom(entity => entity.Ethnicity.EthnicityText))
.ForMember(dto => dto.Orientation, conf => conf.MapFrom(entity => entity.Orientation.OrientationText))
.ForMember(dto => dto.Education, conf => conf.MapFrom(entity => entity.Education.EducationText))
.ForMember(dto => dto.Employment, conf => conf.MapFrom(entity => entity.Employment.EmploymentText))
.ForMember(dto => dto.EarningRange, conf => conf.MapFrom(entity => entity.EarningRange.EarningRangeText))
.ForMember(dto => dto.Language, conf => conf.MapFrom(entity => entity.Language.LanguageCode))
.ForMember(dto => dto.CallTimeId, conf => conf.MapFrom(entity => entity.CallTime.CallTimeText));
config.CreateMap<ParticipantDetailDto, ParticipantDetail>();
config.CreateMap<UserDetailDto, UserDetail>();