The ObjectMapper .NET Project

The attribute BindPropertyTo is used to bind single properties or a collection to a specifc data type. This property is always required if you want to map a property with a not specified data type - like a property that returns an interface, an abstract class or a untyped collection.

Using the [BindPropertyTo] for that cases offers you a better performance, because the ObjectMapper .NET knows the target data type for the property and does not need to evaluate it dynamically.

Examples for using the BindPropertyTo attribute are:

        private IList contacts = new ArrayList();

        [BindPropertyTo(typeof(Contact))]

        public IList Contacts

        {

            get { return contacts; }

            set { contacts = value; }

        }

or

        private AbstractContact contact = new Contact();

        [BindPropertyTo(typeof(Contact))]

        public AbstractContact Contact

        {

            get { return contact; }

            set { contact = value; }

        }

Additionally you will find useful informations in blog entry How to do bind collections.