Map to existing object?

[VILLAN3LL3]

Is it possible to create a mapper to map to an existing object?

Example (MapStruct):

@Mapping(target = "foo", source = "bar")
fun mapToExistingObject(@MappingTarget existingTargetObject: TargetObject, source: SourceObject)

[mcarleio]

Currently this is not possible, but I want to add such a functionality to Konvert, as you do not always have the option to create a new instance of the target but have to work with existing instances.

But there is currently no timeline for when I come to implement that. If someone wants to work on this, I am open for a PR 👍