I am trying to map PagesCategories but the code throws an exception:
Source entities:
public class Pages
{
public Pages()
{
PagesLang = new HashSet<PagesLang>();
}
public int Order { get; set; }
public string Tag { get; set; }
public ICollection<PagesLang> PagesLang { get; set; }
public ICollection<PagesCategory> PagesCategories { get; set; }
}
public class PagesLang
{
[Required]
public string Culture { get; set; }
[Required]
public string Title { get; set; }
[Required]
public string Description { get; set; }
public Guid PagesId { get; set; }
public virtual Pages Pages { get; set; }
}
public class PagesCategory : BaseEntity
{
public Guid PagesId { get; set; }
public Pages Pages { get; set; }
public Guid CategoryId { get; set; }
public Category Category { get; set; }
}
Destination
public class PagesVM
{
public Guid? BaseId { get; set; }
[Display(Name = "Order number")]
public int? Order { get; set; }
[Required]
[Display(Name = "Tag")]
public string Tag { get; set; }
[Display(Name = "Categories")]
public string[] PagesCategoriesIds { get; set; }
public IEnumerable<PagesCategoryVM> PagesCategories { get; set; }
}
public class PagesLangVM
{
public Guid? BaseId { get; set; }
[Required]
[Display(Name = "Culture")]
public string Culture { get; set; }
[Required]
[Display(Name = "Title")]
public string Title { get; set; }
[Required]
[Display(Name = "Description")]
public string Description { get; set; }
public PagesVM Pages { get; set; }
}
public class PagesCategoryVM
{
public Guid PagesId { get; set; }
public Guid CategoryId { get; set; }
}
The mapping profile looks like this
public class PagesProfile : Profile
{
public PagesProfile()
{
CreateMap<PagesLangVM, Pages>().ReverseMap();
CreateMap<PagesLangVM, PagesVM>().ReverseMap();
CreateMap<PagesLangVM, PagesLang>().ReverseMap();
CreateMap<PagesLang, ICollection<PagesCategoryVM>>().ReverseMap();
CreateMap<PagesVM, ICollection<PagesCategoryVM>>().ReverseMap();
CreateMap<Pages, ICollection<PagesCategoryVM>>().ReverseMap();
CreateMap<PagesLangVM, ICollection<PagesCategoryVM>>().ReverseMap();
CreateMap<Pages, PagesVM>().ReverseMap();
//CreateMap<Pages, PagesCategoryVM>().ReverseMap();
}
}
I am getting this error:
Error mapping types.
Mapping types:
List`1 -> IEnumerable`1
System.Collections.Generic.List`1[[Starter.DAL.Models.PagesLang, Starter.DAL, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]] -> System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[[Starter.Web.Areas.FrontendComplexPages.Models.PagesLangVM, Starter.Web, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]]