---
title: AutoMapperBootStrapper
summary: API reference for AutoMapperBootStrapper.
status: draft
owner: SAIF Doc Gen
last_reviewed: 2026-09-24
library: SAIF.Services
reference_type: package
---

# AutoMapperBootStrapper

Registers the full set of AutoMapper type maps needed by the Collections services, pairing `SAIF.Data.Model.Collections` (and related Contacts/Tasks/Locations/Legal.Notes) persistence entities with their `SAIF.Core.Contracts.Collections` domain equivalents. It has no collaborators of its own and operates entirely through the static AutoMapper `Mapper` class; `CollectionsService`'s static constructor calls `Configure()` once to ensure these maps exist before any Collections mapping is performed.

## Purpose
- Establishes bidirectional (where marked `.ReverseMap()`) or one-way mappings between Collections data-model classes (`Case`, `Debtor`, `Note`, `Transaction`, `Location`, tasks, and reference-code tables) and their domain contract counterparts.
- Centralizes AutoMapper configuration for the Collections feature area so callers do not need to configure maps individually.

## Context
- Namespace: `SAIF.Services.Collections`
- Assembly/package: `SAIF.Services` (packaged inside the `SAIF.SAIFCode.Core` NuGet package)

## Public members
| Member | Signature | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Configure() | `public static void Configure()` | Registers all Collections-related `Mapper.CreateMap<TSource, TDestination>()` pairings (cases, debtors, notes, transactions, locations, tasks, and reference-code tables) with the static AutoMapper configuration. |

## Behavioral notes
- Mutates the process-wide static AutoMapper `Mapper` configuration as a side effect; because the maps are added statically, calling `Configure()` more than once may raise an AutoMapper configuration-duplication error*.
- Is invoked once from `CollectionsService`'s static constructor, so the maps are available before any instance of that service performs mapping*.

> **Note:** Statements marked with * were inferred from code structure, naming conventions, or
> contextual evidence where direct confirmation was not available in source artifacts. Statements
> marked with ** could not be confirmed; treat as unknown until verified.

## Sources
- Services/SAIF.Services/Collections/AutoMapperBootStrapper.cs