EF Self Referencing Model

EF Self Referencing Model.cs

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using AutoMapper;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace SelfReferencingWithViewModel
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var config = new MapperConfiguration(cfg =>
            {
                cfg.CreateMap<BlogComment, BlogCommentViewModel>();
            });
            var mapper = config.CreateMapper();
            config.AssertConfigurationIsValid();

            Database.SetInitializer(new MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion<MyContext, Configuration>());
            using(var ctx = new MyContext())
            {
                var list =
                    ctx.BlogComments
                    //.Select(a => new { a.Children, a.Body, a.Id, a.Reply, a.ReplyId })
                    .ToList() // fills the childs list too
                    .Where(x => x.Reply == null) // for TreeViewHelper                        
                    .ToList();


                foreach(var item in list)
                {
                    foreach(var child in item.Children)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine(child.Id);
                    }
                    Console.WriteLine(item.Id);
                }

                var result = mapper.Map<List<BlogCommentViewModel>>(list);

                foreach(var item in result)
                {
                    foreach(var child in item.Children)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine(child.Id);
                    }
                    Console.WriteLine(item.Id);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}