I know that it is used AutoMapper library, but I cannot find in my project how it is done.
Having this model:
[Table("ZptArticles")]
public class Article : CreationAuditedEntity<int, User>
{
public virtual string Title { get; set; }
public virtual string Text { get; set; }
public virtual int ViewCount { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<Comment> Comments { get; set; }
public virtual ICollection<ArticleTag> Tags { get; set; }
public Article()
{
}
public Article(string title, string text)
{
Title = title;
Text = text;
}
}
and this Dto:
[AutoMapFrom(typeof(Article))]
public class ArticleDto : CreationAuditedEntityDto
{
public string Title { get; set; }
public string Text { get; set; }
public int ViewCount { get; set; }
public int CommentCount { get; set; }
public string CreatorUserName { get; set; }
}
It is clear that EF return CreatorUser as well, so from CreatorUser.Name, we have got maybe our: CreatorUserName in Dto mapping.
If I would like to return Dto with number of comments, how would I do so?
Is it possible (for EF) to avoid loading all comments for the article, as I do not want full comments content, but just number of article's comments?