using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using AutoMapper;

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        Mapper.Initialize(cfg =>

        {

            //cfg.CreateMap<RemoteAgent, MySystem>();

            // The config line below makes the dictionary mapping work

             cfg.CreateMap<RemoteAgent, MySystem>().AfterMap<MapDictionary>();

        }

        );

        RemoteAgent remAge = new RemoteAgent();

        remAge.testMappingNormalAttr = "normalAttr";

        remAge.Add("testKey"," testValue");

        remAge.Add("testKey2"," testValue2");

        var res = Mapper.Map(remAge,typeof(RemoteAgent),typeof(MySystem));

        // cast res to dictionary since automapper returns an generic object instead

        var resAsDict = res as Dictionary<string,string>;

        Helper helper = new Helper();

        // The following is true since it is simple mapping of properties (what automapper is designed for)

        Console.WriteLine(helper.GetValueFromProp(res,"testMappingNormalAttr").Equals(remAge.testMappingNormalAttr));

        // The following should be true if the mapping of dictionary entries worked, but they are not!

        Console.WriteLine(remAge.Keys.ToList().Count() == resAsDict.Keys.ToList().Count());

    }

}

​

public class Helper{

    public object GetValueFromProp(object obj, string property){

        return obj.GetType().GetProperty(property).GetValue(obj,null);

    }

}

​

public class RemoteAgent : Dictionary<string, string>

{

    public string testMappingNormalAttr { get; set;}

}

​

public class MySystem: Dictionary<string, string>

{

    public string testMappingNormalAttr { get; set;}

}

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public class MapDictionary : IMappingAction<RemoteAgent, MySystem>

{

    public void Process(RemoteAgent src, MySystem dest)

    {

        foreach (var item in Enumerable.Zip(src.Keys, src.Values, (one, two) => Tuple.Create(one, two)))

        {

            dest.Add(item.Item1, item.Item2);

        }

    }

}

​

​