Using Extension methods to create mapper classes

We can create a better mapper classes with extension methods, Suppose if i have some DTO classes like

public class UserDTO
 {
        public AddressDTO Address { get; set; }
 }

 public class AddressDTO
 {
        public string Name { get; set; }
 }

and i need to map to corresponding view model classes

public class UserViewModel
{
    public AddressViewModel Address { get; set; }
}

public class AddressViewModel
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

then I can create my mapper class like below

public static class ViewModelMapper
{
      public static UserViewModel ToViewModel(this UserDTO user)
      {
            return user == null ?
                null :
                new UserViewModel()
                {
                    Address = user.Address.ToViewModel()
                    // Job = user.Job.ToViewModel(),
                    // Contact = user.Contact.ToViewModel() .. and so on
                };
      }

      public static AddressViewModel ToViewModel(this AddressDTO userAddr)
      {
            return userAddr == null ?
                null :
                new AddressViewModel()
                {
                    Name = userAddr.Name
                };
      }
}

Then finally i can invoke my mapper like below

UserDTO userDTOObj = new UserDTO() {
        Address = new AddressDTO() {
            Name = "Address of the user"
        }
    };

UserViewModel user = userDTOObj.ToViewModel(); // My DTO mapped to Viewmodel

The beauty here is all the mapping method have a common name (ToViewModel) and we can reuse it several ways

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