ToDataSourceResult does not enable a function to bind to a VM

[OoonaNet]

General

The Kendo.Mvc.Extensions ToDataSourceResult has an overload that enables a function to be called in order to bind the result to VM/DTO this overload is missing in Kendo.DynamicLinq where only 3 overloads exist.

Attempts to work around

I tried to use the Kendo.Mvc.Extensions but the filters and sorts don't match up.
Using the Kendo.Mvc.Extensions made a huge improvement in performance as the DTO conversion was made after the data was filtered and sorted.

It will be great to have it.
10x

[holwerda]

Just wondering if this has been looked at or addressed. I keep seeing examples of this mapping functionality, but do not see it in the release.

[bdongus]

Ran into this just recently. My work around using AutoMapper:
DataSourceResult retVal = result.ToDataSourceResult(request);
retVal.Data = retVal.Data.OfType<RawData>().Select((raw) => _mapper.Map<ViewModel>(raw)ToList();
return retVal;