Automapper, generics, dto funtimes

Question

Here's the deal:

I have a report designer where users can create reports based on specific predefined datasets. They can select a set of columns to include in the report, and then, when the report is run, an IList is created by mapping the NHibernate collection to the dto-class collection using automapper.

The problem is that the DTO collection has a load of redundant columns, because it will be filled with all the data, whether it is needed or not.

My decision? Why not create a DTO type at runtime using the information we have and map the nhibernate collection to the dynamically created DTO collection using only the necessary properties:

#region create a dto type:
            AssemblyName assemblyName = new AssemblyName();
            assemblyName.Name = "tmpAssembly";
            var assemblyBuilder = System.Threading.Thread.GetDomain().DefineDynamicAssembly(assemblyName, AssemblyBuilderAccess.Run);
            ModuleBuilder module = assemblyBuilder.DefineDynamicModule("tmpModule");

            // create a new type builder
            TypeBuilder typeBuilder = module.DefineType("ReportDto", TypeAttributes.Public | TypeAttributes.Class);

            foreach (var propertyName in propNames)
            {

                // Generate a private field
                FieldBuilder field = typeBuilder.DefineField("_" + propertyName, typeof(string), FieldAttributes.Private);
                // Generate a public property
                PropertyBuilder property =
                    typeBuilder.DefineProperty(propertyName,
                                     PropertyAttributes.None,
                                     typeof(string),
                                     new Type[] { typeof(string) });

                // The property set and property get methods require a special set of attributes:

                MethodAttributes GetSetAttr =
                    MethodAttributes.Public |
                    MethodAttributes.HideBySig;

                // Define the "get" accessor method for current private field.
                MethodBuilder currGetPropMthdBldr =
                    typeBuilder.DefineMethod("get_value",
                                               GetSetAttr,
                                               typeof(string),
                                               Type.EmptyTypes);

                // Intermediate Language stuff...
                ILGenerator currGetIL = currGetPropMthdBldr.GetILGenerator();
                currGetIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ldarg_0);
                currGetIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ldfld, field);
                currGetIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ret);

                // Define the "set" accessor method for current private field.
                MethodBuilder currSetPropMthdBldr =
                    typeBuilder.DefineMethod("set_value",
                                               GetSetAttr,
                                               null,
                                               new Type[] { typeof(string) });

                // Again some Intermediate Language stuff...
                ILGenerator currSetIL = currSetPropMthdBldr.GetILGenerator();
                currSetIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ldarg_0);
                currSetIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ldarg_1);
                currSetIL.Emit(OpCodes.Stfld, field);
                currSetIL.Emit(OpCodes.Ret);

                // Last, we must map the two methods created above to our PropertyBuilder to 
                // their corresponding behaviors, "get" and "set" respectively. 
                property.SetGetMethod(currGetPropMthdBldr);
                property.SetSetMethod(currSetPropMthdBldr);
            }

            Type generetedType = typeBuilder.CreateType();

            // Now we have our type. Let create an instance from it:
            object generetedObject = Activator.CreateInstance(generetedType);

            #endregion


            Mapper.CreateMap(typeof(MainInvoiceDataSums), generetedType);
            var dto =
                Mapper.Map<IList<MainInvoiceDataSums>, IList<generetedType>>(r);

Problem?

var dto =
                Mapper.Map<IList<MainInvoiceDataSums>, IList<generetedType>>(r);

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Answer 1

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dont call createmap !

MethodInfo createMap = createMapInfo.MakeGenericMethod(new Type[] { typeof(MainInvoiceDataSums), generetedType });

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Answer 2

Map?

Mapper.Map(r, typeof(IList<MainInvoiceDataSums>), 
                       typeof(IList<>).MakeGenericType(new [] { generatedType });