For example, I have the following infrastructure class:
[Table("GeoHistory")]
public partial class GeoHistory
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public int CompanyId { get; set; }
public int DriverId { get; set; }
[StringLength(50)]
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
[StringLength(100)]
public string GeofenceLocation { get; set; }
[StringLength(100)]
public string GeofencePrevious { get; set; }
[StringLength(20)]
public string StateLocation { get; set; }
[StringLength(20)]
public string StatePrevious { get; set; }
public DateTime? DateTime { get; set; }
[StringLength(5)]
public string Heading { get; set; }
public decimal? Speed { get; set; }
[StringLength(50)]
public string Status { get; set; }
}
and the following View class (let's forget about domain layer):
public class GeoHistoryViewModel
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public int? CompanyId { get; set; }
public int? DriverId { get; set; }
[StringLength(50)]
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
}
as we can see, we edit only part of field list.
Now, we want to update data in DB. Of course, we can write like:
Infrastructure.Main.GeoHistory geoHistory = db.GeoHistories.Find(id);
geoHistory.CompanyId = model.CompanyId;
geoHistory.DriverId = model.DriverId;
geoHistory.Name = model.Name;
........
db.SaveChanges();
It works. But I want to use Automapper. And if I try to do the following:
Infrastructure.Main.GeoHistory geoHistory = mapper.Map<Infrastructure.Main.GeoHistory>(model);
db.GeoHistories.Attach(geoHistory);
db.Entry(geoHistory).State = EntityState.Modified;
db.SaveChanges();
It works, but of course remove values of fields, which are not exist in View Model, but exist in infrastructure class. How to use automapper, but don't lost these fields?