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< CRVK66N5U|azure> < CQ2QFLNFL|dotnet> I m trying to create a factory that returns resources with a logical set of defaults In order for this to work in `Pulumi Azure` I did this ```args AppSettings = InputMap lt string gt Merge defaultAppSettings args AppSettings ``` Now I m trying to migrate that code to `AzureNextGen` but I m not sure how to get it to work I tried ```var appSettings = args SiteConfig Apply c = gt c AppSettings args SiteConfig Apply s = gt s AppSettings = InputMap lt string gt Merge defaultAppSettings appSettings ``` But I get an error gt Argument 2 cannot convert from Pulumi Output lt Pulumi InputList lt Pulumi AzureNextGen Web Latest Inputs NameValuePairArgs gt gt to Pulumi InputMap lt string gt So what do I do to make this work Note `defaultAppSettings` is of type `Dictionary lt string string gt `

tall-needle-56640 · Answer

NOTE This all happens before any resources are created but due to `Input` and `Output` casts I can t accomplish what should be easily achievable

tall-needle-56640 · Answer

Still looking for help on merging `InputList` s

tall-librarian-49374 · Answer

```var merged = args SiteConfig Apply c = gt c AppSettings ToOutput Apply settings = gt Output All settings Select s = gt Output Tuple s Name s Value Apply settings = gt var dict = new Dictionary lt string string gt defaultAppSettings foreach var k v in settings dict k = v return dict Select kv = gt new NameValuePairArgs Name = kv Key Value = kv Value args SiteConfig Apply s = gt s AppSettings = merged ```

tall-librarian-49374 · Answer

I m not really proud of writing this code

tall-needle-56640 · Answer

Wow

tall-needle-56640 · Answer

`Input` `Output` is pretty slick But man can it be annoying at the same time slightly smiling face

tall-needle-56640 · Answer

Would it be possible to have something like this ```var value = someValue Input lt T gt inputValue = value var newValue = inputValue Value Assert Equal value newValue ``` Maybe `Input lt T gt Value` is only non null if it was implicitly cast from type T ```class Input lt T gt public T Value public static implicit operator Input lt T gt MaybeNull T value Value = value return Output Create value ```

tall-librarian-49374 · Answer

Maybe we could I think something like that is possible in node