Automapper maps source to destination but dest values are always null - entity-framework

Question

I'm new to automapper and I'm having a problem with it. In this case the automapper is used to map models(EntityFramework generated) to my own viewmodels. This is what happens, the sourcemodel with it's values is mapped to a destinationmodel but the dest values are always null. What's going on with the values?
Now what did I do:
I referenced the automapper to my project and bootstrapped the mappings.
public static void RegisterAutoMapperMappings()
{
Mapper.Initialize(x =>
{
// Add the mappingprofiles you configured below
x.AddProfile(new RegistrationViewModelProfile());
});
}
public static IMappingExpression<TSource, TDest> IgnoreAllUnmapped<TSource, TDest>(this IMappingExpression<TSource, TDest> expression)
{
expression.ForAllMembers(opt => opt.Ignore());
return expression;
}
public class RegistrationViewModelProfile : Profile
{
protected override void Configure()
{
CreateMap<RegistrationViewModel, contact>().IgnoreAllUnmapped();
CreateMap<contact, RegistrationViewModel>().IgnoreAllUnmapped();
CreateMap<RegistrationViewModel, emailaddress>().IgnoreAllUnmapped();
CreateMap<emailaddress, RegistrationViewModel>().IgnoreAllUnmapped();
CreateMap<RegistrationViewModel, password>().IgnoreAllUnmapped();
CreateMap<password, RegistrationViewModel>().IgnoreAllUnmapped();
//Always check if mapping is valid
Mapper.AssertConfigurationIsValid();
}
}
My viewmodel:
public class RegistrationViewModel
{
public HttpPostedFileBase file { get; set; }
public String EmailAddress { get; set; }
public String Password { get; set; }
public string contact_givenname { get; set; }
public string contact_surname_prefix { get; set; }
public string contact_surname { get; set; }
public string contact_gender { get; set; }
public string contact_country { get; set; }
public string contact_residence { get; set; }
public Nullable<DateTime> contact_birth_date{ get; set; }
public DateTime create_date { get; set; }
public ICollection<int> Contact_roles { get; set; }
public string Emailaddress_verificationkey { get; set; }
}
My model:
public partial class contact
{
public contact()
{
this.contact_connection_rel = new HashSet<contact_connection_rel>();
this.contact_emailaddress_password_rel = new HashSet<contact_emailaddress_password_rel>();
this.contact_emailaddress_rel = new HashSet<contact_emailaddress_rel>();
this.contact_service_role_rel = new HashSet<contact_service_role_rel>();
this.given_answer = new HashSet<given_answer>();
this.given_answer1 = new HashSet<given_answer>();
}
public int contact_id { get; set; }
public string contact_initials { get; set; }
public string contact_givenname { get; set; }
public string contact_surname_prefix { get; set; }
public string contact_surname { get; set; }
public string contact_nickname { get; set; }
public string contact_gender { get; set; }
public Nullable<System.DateTime> contact_birth_date { get; set; }
public string contact_country { get; set; }
public string contact_residence { get; set; }
public string contact_ssn { get; set; }
public Nullable<System.DateTime> create_date { get; set; }
public Nullable<System.DateTime> modify_date { get; set; }
public Nullable<System.DateTime> delete_date { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<contact_connection_rel> contact_connection_rel { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<contact_emailaddress_password_rel> contact_emailaddress_password_rel { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<contact_emailaddress_rel> contact_emailaddress_rel { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<contact_service_role_rel> contact_service_role_rel { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<given_answer> given_answer { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<given_answer> given_answer1 { get; set; }
}
And to test the configuration the following lines are used. The vars contain the destination objects but are always null:
contact c = new contact();
contact testC = unitOfWork.ContactRepository.Find(82);
var x = Mapper.Map<contact, RegistrationViewModel>(testC);
var y = Mapper.Map(regModel, c, typeof(RegistrationViewModel), typeof(contact));
var b = Mapper.DynamicMap<RegistrationViewModel, contact>(regModel);
var z = Mapper.Map<RegistrationViewModel, contact>(regModel, c);
var w = Mapper.Map<RegistrationViewModel, contact>(regModel);

Answer 1

expression.ForAllMembers(opt => opt.Ignore());
You're telling AutoMapper to ignore all properties, so nothing gets mapped.
If you just want to ignore non-matching properties, see this answer for one way, otherwise you're going to have to explicitly map each property between the objects.