Custom mapping with asp.net boilerplate and Automapper

Question

I am new of ASP.NET BoilerPlate (ABP) and I am trying to understand how to create custom mappings using AutoMapper and, maybe, the ABP automapper attributes: AutoMap, AutoMapFrom, AutoMapTo.

With ABP I can map two classes in this way:

[AutoMapTo(typeof(DestClass)]
public class SourceClass {
    public string A { get; set; }
    public string B { get; set; }
}

public class DestClass {
    public string A { get; set; }
    public string B { get; set; }
}

But if I have two classes like the following where I want the property AB to be automapped as a join of A and B:

[AutoMapTo(typeof(DestClass)]
public class SourceClass {
    public string A { get; set; }
    public string B { get; set; }
}

public class DestClass {
    public string AB { get; set; }
}

Are there some attributes with ABP? Or do I need to use the "classical" AutoMapper code:

Mapper.CreateMap<SourceClass, DestClass>()
    .ForMember(dest => dest.AB,
        opts => opts.MapFrom(src => (src.A + ", " + src.B)));

And where do I have to place such init code?

Answer 1

No need to list all the customer mapping on the Module. Just tell the module to find all the classes which extend AutoMapper.Profile:

Assembly thisAssembly = typeof(AbpProjectNameApplicationModule).GetAssembly();
IocManager.RegisterAssemblyByConvention(thisAssembly);
cfg.AddProfiles(thisAssembly);