Classes:
public class Department
{
public string Name { get; set; }
}
public class DepartmentA : Department
{
public string NameA { get; set; }
}
public class Employee
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public int Salary { get; set; }
public string Address { get; set; }
public Department Department { get; set; }
}
public class EmployeeDTO
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public int Salary { get; set; }
public string Address { get; set; }
public Department Department { get; set; }
}
Code:
DepartmentA departmentA = new DepartmentA { NameA = "depA", Name = "dep" };
Employee emp = new Employee
{
Name = "James",
Salary = 20000,
Address = "London",
Department = departmentA
};
//Mapster
var empDTO = emp.Adapt<EmployeeDTO>();
//AutoMapper
//var config = new MapperConfiguration(cfg => cfg.CreateMap<Employee, EmployeeDTO>());
//var mapper = config.CreateMapper();
//EmployeeDTO empDTO = mapper.Map<EmployeeDTO>(emp);
Console.WriteLine("SourceType:" + emp.Department.GetType().Name);
Console.WriteLine("DestType:" + empDTO.Department.GetType().Name);
If you run the code you will see that SourceType and DestType are not the same. How do I achieve that they are the same? Mapster mapps department as Department class (ancestor) and not as DepartmentA class (descendant).
In this example I know that there is descendant in emp.Department but in my app I won't know. So the solution of this problem must be generic.
I tried to solve this problem in AutoMapper. Got the same results. As @Prolog wrote below, in AutoMapper is working. I updated main code.
I am still interested if someone solved issue in Mapster.
You need to use ShallowCopyForSameType, AutoMapper will perform deep copy only declared types, Mapster perform deep copy for all types.