Using AutoMapper to map from XElement to a strongly typed class ?

Question

Can I use AutoMapper to map from data in an XElement to my own type ? How ?

Answer 1

Yes you can but in any case you will end up writing a function that does the conversion from the non strongly typed XElement to your strongly typed class, so AutoMapper wouldn't bring much value here. You could use ConvertUsing or write a custom ITypeConverter.

Answer 2

you can use ValueInjecter for this, look at this link, it's something similar:

http://valueinjecter.codeplex.com/Thread/View.aspx?ThreadId=218448