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Using AutoMapper to map a complex viewmodel to a model using a collection property

I have an EF EF generated Person class that has several properties. I also have a Jobs class with several properties. A person is associated with several tasks, and therefore, Jobs is a collection property of a person.

I created a view model as such:

public class PersonViewModel
{
    public Person Person{ get; set; }
    public List<Job> Jobs{ get; set; }
}

From my point of view, I am sending an instance of PersonViewModel. I would like to use AutoMapper to map this view model to an instance of Person with a task collection property populated with a list from the view model.

Can this be done? So far I have tried:

 Mapper.CreateMap<PersonViewModel, Person>();

no luck ...

EDIT:

OK, this really works. I found that I have a problem elsewhere ...

My Person one-many PersonType... PersonType Person, auto mapper ... ... PersonTypeID . , , . ...

2: , Person PersonTypeID ( PersonType)... Person as PersonType...

, , , , PersonTypeID Person ...

automapper, , PersonType nav Person ... AutoMapper.AutoMapperMappingException

Destination property: PersonType
Exception of type 'AutoMapper.AutoMapperMappingException' was thrown.
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Mapper.CreateMap<PersonViewModel, Person>();
Mapper.CreateMap<Person, PersonViewModel>();

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Automapper:

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http://lostechies.com/jimmybogard/2009/05/06/automapper-feature-custom-type-converters/

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:

Mapper.CreateMap<Person, PersonViewModel>().ReverseMap();
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