/mapstruct-issue

Primary LanguageJava

Mapstruct mapping issue

Domain model using inheritance (simplified)

Domain model

DTO model using composition (simplified)

Each superclass from the domain model is a separate message field in the corresponding DTO class.

DTO model

Current way of solving it

Add @Mapping-annotations for each field, repeat for each concrete class (imagine an hierarchy 5-7 levels deep with hundreds of abstract classes - each with 2-10 own fields)

See here

Possible ideas for solutions

See here for example and discussion