Mapping operations without source property required

[ed-posinitskiy]

There is a @TODO on AutoMapperPlus\Configuration\Mapping::shouldCheckForSourceProperty() method.

Indeed certain operations needs extra Interface to skip property existence check.

For instance, I don't want certain properties to be mapped into destination object. The way it works now is perfect (with Ignore operation) but there is one problem: when I specify this operation on virtual property (i.e. in Laravel there is a lot of magic happens on models) forMember method will try to ensure source property exist. But it has no sense due to meaning of Ignore operation.

Also you have great PropertyAccessorInterface object, please utilize it to check property can be reached instead of default PHP function within forMember method.

Thanks in advance, great Tool!

[mark-gerarts]

Yes, these are very valid points. In fact, as a short term solution I removed the checking of source properties entirely a few days ago, in a9e5590. This isn't part of release yet though, it's only available on dev-master. So if this is causing you problems, you can check out this version for now.

The reason for removing this behaviour is indeed because it doesn't really work with dynamic properties. For the long term it might be better to work with an interface or something similar. but this will require some more thought.

[ed-posinitskiy]

Thank you for such a quick response! As a workaround I made a custom Operation extended from MapFrom operation to skip property check.

[ed-posinitskiy]

Thanks for update!