AutoMapper.guessMappingStyle() alternative

Hello!

    chemaxon.marvin.modules.AutoMapper class is declared as deprecated, but there is no 1-on-1 mapping between it and its substitute, com.chemaxon.mapper.AutoMapper class. For eample, what method / piece of code should be used instead AutoMapper.guessMappingStyle() method?

Thank you.

Hi Leonid,

I informed my colleagues about your question.

They will contact you shortly.

Best wishes,

Ágnes

We cleaned up the AutoMapper API quite a bit, and during this cleanup all unnecessary options and the methods which do not belong directly to automatic mapping were removed. The mentioned guessMappingStyle() falls to the later category, it's a utility method and is not required for mapping. We can collect the utility methods in a separate class in com.chemaxon.mapper package. 

Is there any other method you miss from the new com.chemaxon.mapper.AutoMapper class? 

Hello Zsolt,

    Thank you for your answer. For the moment it is the only method I need but found missing.

We reviewed what guessMappingStyle() method does, and in its current form we do not find it useful, mainly because of these steps:

     * 2. Remove existing maps from the clone the input molecule

     * 3. Automap the clone (full)

     * 4. Compare the original mapping to the mapping of the clone (pairwise):

     * 4.1 There is at least a non matching pair -> UNKNOWN mapping

Could you describe how you use the guessMappingStyle() method?