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GenerateEntityFrameworkPrimaryKeyPropertyMaps throws null pointer exception

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I’ve added AutoMapper.Collection and AutoMapper.Collection.EntityFramework to my project. But I’m getting a null pointer exception:

System.NullReferenceException: ‘Object reference not set to an instance of an object.’

My code is:

var mapperConfig = new MapperConfiguration(cfg =>
{
    cfg.AddCollectionMappers();
    cfg.SetGeneratePropertyMaps<GenerateEntityFrameworkPrimaryKeyPropertyMaps<PlaygroundContext>>();
...
}

All of my entities have ID properties and are attributed with [Key]

Stack Trace:
   at AutoMapper.EquivalencyExpression.EquivalentExpressions.<>c.<CreateEquivalentExpression>b__11_1(PropertyMap pm)
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.Any[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source, Func`2 predicate)
   at AutoMapper.EquivalencyExpression.EquivalentExpressions.CreateEquivalentExpression(IEnumerable`1 propertyMaps)
   at AutoMapper.EquivalencyExpression.EquivalentExpressions.<>c__DisplayClass7_0.<GetEquivalentExpression>b__1(IGeneratePropertyMaps _)
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.WhereSelectListIterator`2.MoveNext()
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.FirstOrDefault[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source, Func`2 predicate)
   at AutoMapper.EquivalencyExpression.EquivalentExpressions.<>c__DisplayClass7_0.<GetEquivalentExpression>b__0(TypePair tp)
   at System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary`2.GetOrAdd(TKey key, Func`2 valueFactory)
   at AutoMapper.EquivalencyExpression.EquivalentExpressions.GetEquivalentExpression(IConfigurationProvider configurationProvider, TypeMap typeMap)
   at AutoMapper.EquivalencyExpression.EquivalentExpressions.GetEquivalentExpression(IConfigurationObjectMapper mapper, Type sourceType, Type destinationType)
   at AutoMapper.Mappers.EquivalentExpressionAddRemoveCollectionMapper.IsMatch(TypePair typePair)
   at AutoMapper.MapperConfiguration.<>c__DisplayClass69_0.<FindMapper>b__0(IObjectMapper m)
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.FirstOrDefault[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source, Func`2 predicate)
   at AutoMapper.MapperConfiguration.FindMapper(TypePair types)
   at AutoMapper.MapperConfiguration.GetTypeMap(TypePair initialTypes)
   at AutoMapper.LockingConcurrentDictionary`2.<>c__DisplayClass2_1.<.ctor>b__1()
   at System.Lazy`1.CreateValue()
   at System.Lazy`1.LazyInitValue()
   at System.Lazy`1.get_Value()
   at AutoMapper.MapperConfiguration.ResolveTypeMap(TypePair typePair, ITypeMapConfiguration inlineConfiguration)
   at AutoMapper.MapperConfiguration.ResolveTypeMap(TypePair typePair)
   at AutoMapper.Execution.TypeMapPlanBuilder.<>c__DisplayClass17_0.<CheckForCycles>g__ResolveTypeMap|6(TypePair types)
   at AutoMapper.Execution.TypeMapPlanBuilder.<>c__DisplayClass17_0.<CheckForCycles>g__ResolvePropertyTypeMap|5(PropertyMap propertyMap)
   at AutoMapper.Execution.TypeMapPlanBuilder.<>c__DisplayClass17_0.<CheckForCycles>b__1(PropertyMap pm)
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.WhereSelectArrayIterator`2.MoveNext()
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.<ConcatIterator>d__59`1.MoveNext()
   at System.Linq.Enumerable.WhereEnumerableIterator`1.MoveNext()
   at AutoMapper.Execution.TypeMapPlanBuilder.CheckForCycles(HashSet`1 typeMapsPath)
   at AutoMapper.Execution.TypeMapPlanBuilder.CreateMapperLambda(HashSet`1 typeMapsPath)
   at AutoMapper.TypeMap.Seal(IConfigurationProvider configurationProvider)
   at AutoMapper.MapperConfiguration.Seal()
   at AutoMapper.MapperConfiguration..ctor(MapperConfigurationExpression configurationExpression)
   at AutoMapper.MapperConfiguration..ctor(Action`1 configure)

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Created 5 years ago
Comments:5 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

TylerCarlson1commented, Jul 17, 2018

You might not be mapping all your Primary Keys to properties on your Model. All primary keys need to be mapped to the model, so that they can figure out if they are equal to each other by a unique identifier.

If that’s not the case can you provide a gist of it failing so I can replicate what’s going wrong?

1reaction

wakmcommented, Jun 5, 2019

hi, we got the same issue and it was as @TylerCarlson1 stated, an issue with our entity mapping to our contracts. Is it possible to improve the codebase to throw a more understandable exception at this point?

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