Outline
Provide support for easy-to-write mapping statements, similar to the fluent-api style of the modular validators spin-off project.
The reasoning being that most object-to-object mapping projects and libraries pull in significant amounts of external dependencies, and are relatively heavy-weight. They are often overkill for simple object mapping operations, and tend to conflict with other frameworks ( mostly due to incompatibility with other reflection-based implementations).
The aim of a mapping framework is to reduce boilerplate, and make life easier for developers.
Introducing additional failure points through dependency collisions makes these frameworks miss their mark quite often.
Outline
Provide support for easy-to-write mapping statements, similar to the fluent-api style of the
modular validatorsspin-off project.The reasoning being that most object-to-object mapping projects and libraries pull in significant amounts of external dependencies, and are relatively heavy-weight. They are often overkill for simple object mapping operations, and tend to conflict with other frameworks ( mostly due to incompatibility with other reflection-based implementations).
The aim of a mapping framework is to reduce boilerplate, and make life easier for developers.
Introducing additional failure points through dependency collisions makes these frameworks miss their mark quite often.