using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using Nelibur.ObjectMapper;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var demo = new List<Demo> {

            new()

            {

                Foo = "fo1",

                Bar = 1,

                Baz = true,

                ListStuff = [new() { Text = "list 1 elem 1" }, new() { Text = "list 1 elem 2" }]

            },

            new()

            {

                Foo = "foo2",

                Bar = 2,

                Baz = false,

                ListStuff = [new() { Text = "list 2 elem 1" }, new() { Text = "list 2 elem 2" }]

            }

        };

​

        var mapped = demo.MapTo<List<DemoAlt>>();

​

        foreach(var e in mapped)

            foreach(var ie in e.ListStuff)

                Console.WriteLine(ie.Text);

    }

}

​

public class Demo

{

    public string Foo { get; set; }

    public int Bar { get; set; }

    public bool Baz { get; set; }

    public List<ListProp> ListStuff { get; set; }

}

​

public class DemoAlt

{

    public string Foo { get; set; }

    public int Bar { get; set; }

    public bool Baz { get; set; }

    public List<ListProp> ListStuff { get; set; }

}

​

public class ListProp

{

    public string Text { get; set; }

}

​

public static class LinqExtensions

{

    public static TTarget MapTo<TTarget>(this object source)

    {

        try

        {

            return TinyMapper.Map<TTarget>(source);

        }

        catch

        {

            TinyMapper.Bind(source.GetType(), typeof(TTarget));

            return TinyMapper.Map<TTarget>(source);

        }

    }

}