Is there something like AutoMapper for Scala?

Question

I have been looking for some scala fluent API for mapping object-object, similar to AutoMapper. Are there such tools in Scala?

Answer 1

I think there's less need of something like AutoMapper in Scala, because if you use idiomatic Scala models are easier to write and manipulate and because you can define easily automatic flattening/projection using implicit conversions.

For example here is the equivalent in Scala of AutoMapper flattening example:

// The full model

case class Order( customer: Customer, items: List[OrderLineItem]=List()) {
  def addItem( product: Product, quantity: Int ) = 
    copy( items = OrderLineItem(product,quantity)::items )
  def total = items.foldLeft(0.0){ _ + _.total }
}

case class Product( name: String, price: Double )

case class OrderLineItem( product: Product, quantity: Int ) {
  def total = quantity * product.price
}

case class Customer( name: String )

case class OrderDto( customerName: String, total: Double )


// The flattening conversion

object Mappings {
  implicit def order2OrderDto( order: Order ) = 
    OrderDto( order.customer.name, order.total )
}


//A working example

import Mappings._

val customer =  Customer( "George Costanza" )
val bosco = Product( "Bosco", 4.99 )
val order = Order( customer ).addItem( bosco, 15 )

val dto: OrderDto = order // automatic conversion at compile-time !

println( dto ) // prints: OrderDto(George Costanza,74.85000000000001)

PS: I should not use Double for money amounts...