Example output for Stack Overflow question: How to simplify repeating if-then-assign construction? - http://stackoverflow.com/a/29918452/7586

Mapping.tt

<#@ template debug="false" hostspecific="false" language="C#" #>
<#@ assembly name="System.Core" #>
<#@ assembly name="$(TargetPath)" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.Collections.Generic" #>
<#@ import namespace="System.Linq.Expressions" #>
<#@ import namespace="ConsoleApplicationT4So29913514" #>  
<#@ output extension=".generated.cs" #>
<#
    // Consider including the namespace in the class names.
    // You only need to change the mappings.
    //var product = new Mapper("Product", "ProductEntity") { "Name", {"Id", "ServiceId"} };
    //var person = new Mapper("Person", "DbPerson") { "Employee", {"Name", "FullName"}, {"Addredd", "HomeAddress"} };

    //var product = new Mapper<Student,StudentRecord>{{}};

    var mappings = new Mapper[] {
        new Mapper<Student,StudentRecord>
        {
            {s=>s.Title, t=>t.EntityTitle},
            {s=>s.StudentId, t=>t.Id},
            s=>s.Name,
            s=>s.LuckyNumber,
        },
        new Mapper<Car,RaceCar>
        {
            c=>c.Color,
            c=>c.Driver,
            {c=>c.Driver.Length, r=>r.DriverNameDisplayWidth},
        },
    };
#>
// !!!
// !!!  Do not modify this file, it is automatically generated. Change the .tt file instead.     !!!
// !!!
namespace Your.Mapper
{
    partial class Mapper
    {
        <# foreach(var mapping in mappings) { 
        #>/// <summary>
        /// Set <paramref name="target"/> properties by copying them from <paramref name="source"/>.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>Mapping:<br/>
        <#foreach(var property in mapping){
        #>/// <see cref="<#=mapping.SourceType#>.<#=property.SourceProperty#>"/> → <see cref="<#=mapping.TargetType#>.<#=property.TargetProperty#>"/> <br/>
        <#}
        #>/// </remarks>
        /// <returns><c>true</c> if any property was changed, <c>false</c> if all properties were the same.</returns>
        public bool ModifyExistingEntity(<#=mapping.SourceType#> source, <#=mapping.TargetType#> target)
        {
            bool dirty = false;
            <# foreach(var property in mapping) {
            #>if (target.<#=property.TargetProperty#> != source.<#=property.SourceProperty#>)
            {
                dirty = true;
                target.<#=property.TargetProperty#> = source.<#=property.SourceProperty#>;
            }           
            <#}
            #>return dirty;
        }
        <#
         } 
        #>

    }
}

<#+
class Mapper : IEnumerable<PropertyMapper>
{
    private readonly List<PropertyMapper> _properties;

    public Mapper(string sourceType, string targetType)
    {
        SourceType = sourceType;
        TargetType = targetType;
        _properties = new List<PropertyMapper>();
    }

    public string SourceType { get; set; }
    public string TargetType { get; set; }

    public void Add(string fieldName)
    {
        _properties.Add(new PropertyMapper {SourceProperty = fieldName, TargetProperty = fieldName});
    }

    public void Add(string sourceProperty, string targetProperty)
    {
        _properties.Add(new PropertyMapper { SourceProperty = sourceProperty, TargetProperty = targetProperty });
    }

    IEnumerator<PropertyMapper> IEnumerable<PropertyMapper>.GetEnumerator() { return _properties.GetEnumerator(); }
    System.Collections.IEnumerator System.Collections.IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() { return _properties.GetEnumerator(); }
}

class PropertyMapper
{
    public string SourceProperty { get; set; }
    public string TargetProperty { get; set; }
}

class Mapper<TSource, TTarget> : Mapper
{
    public Mapper()
        : base(typeof(TSource).FullName, typeof(TTarget).FullName)
    {

    }

    private static string GetExpressionMemberAccess(LambdaExpression getProperty)
    {
        var member = (MemberExpression)getProperty.Body;
        //var lambdaParameterName = (ParameterExpression)member.Expression;
        var lambdaParameterName = getProperty.Parameters[0]; // `x` in `x => x.PropertyName`
        var labmdaBody = member.ToString();
        //will not work with indexer.
        return labmdaBody.Substring(lambdaParameterName.Name.Length + 1); //+1 to remove the `.`, get "PropertyName"
    }

    public void Add<TProperty>(Expression<Func<TSource, TProperty>> getSourceProperty, Expression<Func<TTarget, TProperty>> getTargetProperty)
    {
        Add(GetExpressionMemberAccess(getSourceProperty), GetExpressionMemberAccess(getTargetProperty));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// The doesn't really make sense, but we assume we have <c>source=>source.Property</c>, <c>target=>target.Property</c>
    /// </summary>
    public void Add<TProperty>(Expression<Func<TSource, TProperty>> getProperty)
    {
        Add(GetExpressionMemberAccess(getProperty));
    }
}
#>