IsDirty set to true after load

[kcabral817]

I am having an awful time with the isDirty flag being set to true even when using BypassPropertyChecks and ((ICheckRules)obj).SuppressRuleChecking(); in the same method!

I'm using a factory class that uses Automapper to map from the data source to my BO.
var obj = ObjectFactory.Create();

        using (BypassPropertyChecks(obj))
        {
            MarkOld(obj);
            ((ICheckRules)obj).SuppressRuleChecking();                 
            MapContainer.Map(info, obj);
            MarkOld(obj);
         }

Here is the status at the MarkOld(obj) line:

	IsBusy			false	bool
	IsBypassingPropertyChecks	true	bool
	IsChild			false	bool
	IsDeleted               false	bool
	IsDirty			true	bool
	IsNew			false	bool
	IsSavable               true	bool
	IsSelfBusy              false	bool
	IsSelfDirty		false	bool
	IsSelfValid		true	bool
	IsValid			true	bool

For the last 6 hours I have tried a number of permutations and I still can't get it to work. Does anyone have any ideas on what I should do. I'm really thinking of using reflection to change the isDirty flag back to false. But I loath hacks.

[rockfordlhotka]

When is IsDirty (and IsSelfDirty?) set as true? At the bottom of your factory method, or after the data portal returns, or somewhere else?

[kcabral817]

The IsSelfDirty is false. The object IsDirty once it gets back from the automapper (MapContainer.Map(info,obj) method.

[rockfordlhotka]

That is telling - a good clue.

IsSelfDirty represents the state of the immediate object and its properties, but not its child objects.

IsDirty represents the state of the object graph including the current object and all its children.

So what I think I'm hearing is that IsSelfDirty is false, but IsDirty is true? In that case one of the child objects has been changed (or loaded incorrectly).

[kcabral817]

Awesome clue! I got it (Irish jig). Because I use .include(s) in my entity framework queries, I figured out that I'm responsible for checking the object graph to set the retrieved values as MarkOld(). When I found the code table that was loaded, and set the property, all is well! Thank you so much for that clue :-)