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POAutoMapper, how to keep references between mapped objects?
 

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    <p>I am using AutoMapper to convert a UI model to POCOs that I later serialize to XML using a DataContractSerializer in order to preserve the references between them.</p> <p>The problem comes that, when mapping, <strong>the references between those entities are lost</strong>.</p> <p>The UI classes reference each other, but the mapping process makes new instances for every reference, so the original relations are broken :(</p> <p>Let me explain:</p> <p>I have 2 entities of type Person</p> <pre><code> Person { List&lt;House&gt; OwnedHouses } </code></pre> <p>And these 2 objects</p> <p><strong>John</strong> who owns</p> <ul> <li><strong>House1</strong> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Will</strong> who also owns</p> <ul> <li><strong>House1</strong> </li> </ul> <p>When AutoMapper maps each Person correctly, but when it also maps House1 as two different instances!!</p> <p>So I have a two copies of House1. John owns his House1 (#1) and Will owns his House1 (#2).</p> <p>They are not linked anymore.</p> <p>Is there any way to keep the relations that originally existed?</p> <p>Thanks.</p> <p>EDITED: Actually what I have is this:</p> <p>A Document contains a list of ChildDocuments. Each ChildDocument has a list of Designables (Rectangles, Lines, Ellipses…) and a especial designable called ChildDocumentAdapter that contains itself ANOOTHER ChildDocument. This is the trouble, it can reference another ChildDocument.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/zfscZ.jpg" alt="The diagram"></p>
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