From 7a43d385f5f45b8c6928336f815dbf82f7a7113a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kumar <Kumar67.1947@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 22:16:47 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] upgrade the map method logic, added case-insenstive match and
 nullable to non-nullable assign

---
 AutoMapper.cs | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/AutoMapper.cs b/AutoMapper.cs
index 6d82251..4f50e0a 100644
--- a/AutoMapper.cs
+++ b/AutoMapper.cs
@@ -5,12 +5,70 @@ namespace AutoMapper
 {
     public class AutoMapper
     {
-        public void Map(object source, object target)
+        public static TTarget Map<TSource, TTarget>(TSource source)
+        where TTarget : new()
         {
-            if (source == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(source));
-            if (target == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(target));
+            if (source == null) return default!;
 
+            TTarget target = new TTarget();
 
+            var sourceProps = typeof(TSource).GetProperties();
+            var targetProps = typeof(TTarget).GetProperties();
+
+            foreach (var tProp in targetProps)
+            {
+                if (!tProp.CanWrite) continue;
+
+                // Case-insensitive match
+                var sProp = sourceProps.FirstOrDefault(
+                    sp => string.Equals(sp.Name, tProp.Name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                );
+
+                if (sProp == null) continue;
+
+                var sValue = sProp.GetValue(source);
+
+                if (sValue == null)
+                {
+                    // If nullable → non-nullable, assign default value ("" for string)
+                    if (!IsNullable(tProp.PropertyType))
+                    {
+                        tProp.SetValue(target, GetDefaultValue(tProp.PropertyType));
+                    }
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // Type matches → direct assign
+                if (tProp.PropertyType == sProp.PropertyType)
+                {
+                    tProp.SetValue(target, sValue);
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // Try convert types (string ↔ int, etc.)
+                try
+                {
+                    var converted = Convert.ChangeType(sValue, tProp.PropertyType);
+                    tProp.SetValue(target, converted);
+                }
+                catch
+                {
+                    // ignore conversion errors
+                }
+            }
+
+            return target;
+        }
+
+        private static bool IsNullable(Type t)
+        {
+            return !t.IsValueType || Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(t) != null;
+        }
+
+        private static object GetDefaultValue(Type t)
+        {
+            if (t == typeof(string)) return string.Empty;
+            return Activator.CreateInstance(t)!;
         }
     }
 }