Hi <@UBFKYLZA9> - I would use an Extension on the ...

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[spaisey]

Hi @Gokul - I would use an Extension on the Entity object to convert to DTO .... fun Person.toDto() = PersonDto("${firstName} ${lastName}"). You can then call person.toDto(). The Extension function lives outside the Person class (say, in Extensions.kt) in the same package as the DTO class.

[Gokul]

Yeah, I started off that way but it felt weird that the entity had to know details of the DTO. So i finally moved that logic to a mapper that does the required mapping between them.

[spaisey]

Just edited above.... don't put the extension function in the Person class, then it doesn't pollute the class.

[Gokul]

Thanks Scott.