Mapper method using generics

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Hi friends,
What I'm trying is to create mapper method.

public static T ConvertObjects<T>(T serviceObject)

I call in following way:

CollectionGroupEntity serviceObject = new CollectionGroupEntity();
var result = CollectionGroupMapper.ConvertObjects<CollectionGroupViewModel>(serviceObject);

Problem is serviceObject parameter is also taking CollectionGroupViewModel type, but I want it to send in CollectionGroupEntity type.

Is there any way where I can control the serviceObject like

public static T ConvertObjects<T>(T1 serviceObject)

Thanks in advance

Posted 10-Nov-14 20:42pm

dhage.prashant01

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Tomas Takac 11-Nov-14 3:23am

Just to make sure: you are trying to convert CollectionGroupEntity to CollectionGroupViewModel? Is there any relation between those two?

dhage.prashant01 11-Nov-14 4:36am

Yes, CollectionGroupEntity is service entity while CollectionGroupViewModel is MVC model.

In short, I want to create single mapper function which can map objects in both way.

Tomas Takac 11-Nov-14 5:25am

You didn't answer the part about relation between the two classes. My guess is you want to do something like this: public static ViewModel<T> ConvertObjects<T>(Entity<T> entity) where T: MyDto. Can you post a simplyfied version of your entity and view model classes?

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