ASP.NET MVC Controller Factory life cycle

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The DefaultControllerFactory contains three different methods:

GetControllerInstance
CreateController
GetControllerType

When is each method executed in the request lifetime? I've seen custom controller factories where one of these methods is overridden and implemented but I can't seem to find details on the execution path of each one.

GSerg · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-12 23:09:02Z

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CreateController gets called.
It first calls GetControllerType to figure out type of the controller, then passes this type to GetControllerInstance.

Because it is easier (and often enough) to (only) override GetControllerInstance (so that the logic behind selecting the type remains the same), you'd often see this happening.

answered Sep 12, 2010 at 23:09

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Liam · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-27 09:07:54Z

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Update for MVC3, the methods are called in this order.

GetControllerType gets called first and gets called twice.

GetControllerType
GetControllerSessionBehavior
CreateController
GetControllerType
CreateControllerInstance
ReleaseController

edited Oct 27, 2016 at 9:07

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answered Oct 22, 2011 at 21:34

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