[ObjectMapper] merge nested properties when targeting the same class #62511
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Replacement for #62377
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## Mapping Nested Objects to the Same TargetWhen a property of the source object contains another object that maps to the
same target class as the parent, the properties of that nested object are
merged into the current target instance. This is useful for flattening nested
DTO structures into a single resource.
Consider the following example where
BankDataDtocontains aBankDto,and both map to
BankDataResource:When mapping
BankDataDto, the mapper will automatically process the$bankproperty and map its fields (
bic,code,name) to the sameBankDataResourceinstance created for the parent: