AutoMapperExtensions

    public static class AutoMapperExtensions
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Map an IEnumerable type to a list of result type
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="TResult"></typeparam>
        /// <param name="self"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static List<TResult> MapTo<TResult>(this IEnumerable self)
        {
            if (self == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException();

            return (List<TResult>)Mapper.Map(self, self.GetType(), typeof(List<TResult>));
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Map one object to a new instance of a specific type
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="TResult"></typeparam>
        /// <param name="self"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static TResult MapTo<TResult>(this object self)
        {
            if (self == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException();

            return (TResult)Mapper.Map(self, self.GetType(), typeof(TResult));
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Map one object to a specific instance
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="TResult"></typeparam>
        /// <param name="self">Object to map from</param>
        /// <param name="destination">Destination object to map to</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static TResult MapTo<TResult>(this object self, TResult destination)
        {
            if (self == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("self");
            if (destination == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("destination");

            return (TResult)Mapper.Map(self, destination, self.GetType(), typeof(TResult));
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Map one object from a specific instance
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="TResult"></typeparam>
        /// <param name="self">Object to map to</param>
        /// <param name="source">Source object to map from</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static TResult MapFrom<TResult>(this TResult self, object source)
        {
            if (self == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("destination");
            if (source == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("source");

            return (TResult)Mapper.Map(source, self, source.GetType(), typeof(TResult));
        }
    }