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c#.netnhibernateautomapper

Automapper loads ignored lazy NHibernate property

I have the following scenario.

public class Foo
{
    public virtual string Name { get; set; }
    public virtual IList<Bar> Bars { get; set; }
}

public class FooDTO
{
     public string Name { get; set; }
     public IList<BarDTO> Bars { get; set; }
}

I ignore the collection Bars

CreateMap<Foo,FooDTO>().ForMember(x => x.Bars, opt => opt.Ignore());

Bars is lazy loading and is mapped with BarsDTO. If i only load the Foo entity from Database I only get the Name value. But when the mapping happens I see in SQL Profiler that all Bars are loaded from Database but are not mapped to DTO.

Why Automapper loads the ignored property?

Solution

  • Everything works correctly. In FooDTO is another property which is called BarsCount and Automapper maps count automatically. So I have to delete BarsCount from DTO or also ignore it in mapping.