public abstract class BaseDto<TDto, TEntity, TKey> : IHaveCustomMapping
        where TEntity : BaseEntity<TKey>
{
    [Display(Name = "ردیف")]
    public TKey Id { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Maps this dto to a new entity object.
    /// </summary>
    public TEntity ToEntity()
    {
        return Mapper.Map<TEntity>(CastToDerivedClass(this));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Maps this dto to an exist entity object.
    /// </summary>
    public TEntity ToEntity(TEntity entity)
    {
        return Mapper.Map(CastToDerivedClass(this), entity);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Maps the specified entity to a new dto object.
    /// </summary>
    public static TDto FromEntity(TEntity model)
    {
        return Mapper.Map<TDto>(model);
    }

    protected TDto CastToDerivedClass(BaseDto<TDto, TEntity, TKey> baseInstance)
    {
        return Mapper.Map<TDto>(baseInstance);
    }

    //Get automapper Profile then create mapping and ignore unmapped properties
    public void CreateMappings(Profile profile)
    {
        var mappingExpression = profile.CreateMap<TDto, TEntity>();

        var dtoType = typeof(TDto);
        var entityType = typeof(TEntity);

        //Ignore mapping to any property of source (like Post.Categroy) that dose not contains in destination (like PostDto)
        //To prevent from wrong mapping. for example in mapping of "PostDto -> Post", automapper create a new instance for Category (with null catgeoryName) because we have CategoryName property that has null value
        foreach (var property in entityType.GetProperties())
        {
            if (dtoType.GetProperty(property.Name) == null)
                mappingExpression.ForMember(property.Name, opt => opt.Ignore());
        }

        //Pass mapping expressin to customize mapping in concrete class
        CustomMappings(mappingExpression.ReverseMap());
    }

    //Concrete class can override this method to customize mapping
    public virtual void CustomMappings(IMappingExpression<TEntity, TDto> mapping)
    {
    }
}

public class PostDto : BaseDto<PostDto, Post, long>
{
    public string Title { get; set; }
    public string Text { get; set; }
    public int CategoryId { get; set; }

    public string CategoryName { get; set; } //=> Category.Name
    public string FullTitle { get; set; } //=> custom mapping for "Title (Category.Name)"
        
    public override void CustomMappings(IMappingExpression<Post, PostDto> mapping)
    {
        mapping.ForMember(
                dest => dest.FullTitle,
                config => config.MapFrom(src => $"{src.Title} ({src.Category.Name})"));
    }
}

• این کلاس، خاصیتی به نام FullTitle دارد که معادلی (خاصیت همنامی) در کلاس Post برای آن وجود ندارد و قرار است مقدار ترکیبی حاصل از Title و Category.Name را نمایش دهد. 
• به همین جهت متد CustomMappings را باز نویسی کرده، شیء mapping را دریافت و سفارشی سازی لازم را روی آن انجام داده‌ایم.
• توسط متد ForMember مشخص کرده‌ایم که مقدار خاصیت FullTitle باید حاصلی از ترکیب Title و Category.Name به نحو مشخص شده باشد ( توسط متد MapFrom).

List<PostDto> list =
    //ProjectTo method select only needed properties (of PostDto) not all properties
    //Also select only needed property of navigations (like Post.Category.Name) not all unlike Include
    //This ability called "Projection"
    await _applicationDbContext.Posts.ProjectTo<PostDto>()
    //We can also use Where on IQuerable<PostDto>
    .Where(p => p.Title.Contains("test") || p.CategoryName.Contains("test"))
    .ToListAsync();