Jal.Converter

Just another library to convert classes

How to use?

Default service locator

Create an instance of the locator

var locator = new ServiceLocator();

Create your converter class

public class CustomerRequestCustomerConverter : AbstractConverter<CustomerRequest, Customer>
{
	public override Customer Convert(CustomerRequest source)
	{
		return new Customer()
				{
					Name = source.Name,
					Age = source.Age,
					Category = "None"
				};
	}
}

Register your converter

serviceLocator.Register(typeof(IConverter<CustomerRequest, Customer>), new CustomerRequestCustomerConverter());

Create a instance of the IModelConverter interface

modelConverter = ModelConverter.Create(servicelocator);

Use the IModelConverter interface

var customerRequest = new CustomerRequest
{
	Name = name,
	Age = age
};

var customer = modelConverter.Convert<CustomerRequest, Customer>(customerRequest);  

Castle Windsor as service locator

Note: The Jal.Locator.CastleWindsor library is needed.

Setup the IoC container

var container = new WindsorContainer();

Install the Jal.Locator.CastleWindsor library

container.Install(new ServiceLocatorInstaller());

Install the Jal.Converter library

container.Install(new ConverterInstaller());

Create your converter class

public class CustomerRequestCustomerConverter : AbstractConverter<CustomerRequest, Customer>
{
	public override Customer Convert(CustomerRequest source)
	{
		return new Customer()
				{
					Name = source.Name,
					Age = source.Age,
					Category = "None"
				};
	}
}

Register your converter class in the IoC container

container.Register(Component.For<IConverter<CustomerRequest, Customer>>().ImplementedBy<CustomerRequestCustomerConverter>());

Resolve and use an instance of IModelConverter

var modelConverter = container.Resolve<IModelConverter>();

var customerRequest = new CustomerRequest
{
	Name = name,
	Age = age
};

var customer = modelConverter.Convert<CustomerRequest, Customer>(customerRequest);

LightInject as service locator

Note: The Jal.Locator.LightInject library is needed.

Setup the LightInject container

var container = new ServiceContainer();

Install the Jal.Locator.LightInject library

container.RegisterFrom<ServiceLocatorCompositionRoot>();

Install the Jal.Converter library

container.RegisterConverter();

Create your converter class

public class CustomerRequestCustomerConverter : AbstractConverter<CustomerRequest, Customer>
{
	public override Customer Convert(CustomerRequest source)
	{
		return new Customer()
				{
					Name = source.Name,
					Age = source.Age,
					Category = "None"
				};
	}
}

Register your converter class in the IoC container

container.Register<IConverter<CustomerRequest, Customer>, CustomerRequestCustomerConverter>();

Resolve and use an instance of IModelConverter

var modelConverter = container.GetInstance<IModelConverter>();

var customerRequest = new CustomerRequest
{
	Name = name,
	Age = age
};

var customer = modelConverter.Convert<CustomerRequest, Customer>(customerRequest);

AutoMapper as converter

Note: The Jal.Converter.AutoMapper library is needed.

Setup AutoMapper library instead of create your own converter

Mapper.Initialize(a =>
{
	a.CreateMap<CustomerRequest, Customer>();
});