ASP:NET MVC4 url routing for controllers with the same name in different namespaces

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In my Asp.NET MVC4 web project, I have many controllers and I want to put them into subdirectories under the folder "Controllers". Some controllers will have the same name due to their major jobs, but they will be put under different subdirectories, which means different namespaces. I want to do a url routing for those controllers. How can I make the routing consider the namespaces that the controllers with the same name exist? Could you show some code how to do that in Global.asax file?
Thanks a lot.

Dmitry · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-13 13:16:14Z

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You need several MapRoute-s - at lease one for each namespace.

 // match all controllers in first namespace
 routes.MapRoute(
    name: "Namespace1Routes",
    url: "path1/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
    defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional },
    namespaces: new[] { "My.Namespace1" }
 );

 // match all controllers in second and third namespaces
 routes.MapRoute(
    name: "Namespace2Routes",
    url: "path2/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
    defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional },
    namespaces: new[] { "My.Namespace2", "My.Namespace3" }
 );

answered Mar 13, 2013 at 13:16

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Andrew Over a year ago

So for each controller that has the same name in different namespaces, would you need a route for each controller then?

Dmitry Over a year ago

No, you need one route for each path+namespace(s) pair, no matter how many controllers are in this namespace(s).

user2099420 · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-13 13:11:17Z

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routes.MapRoute(
"Home",
"Index/{id}",
new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional },
new string[] { "Project.Controllers" }

);

Project.Controllers -is namespace

answered Mar 13, 2013 at 13:11

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