How to handle actions and views names in my ASP.NET MVC application?

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I have an ASP.NET MVC applications and i don't want to explicitly write the actions or the views names like this :

return RedirectToAction("Index"); or return View("Home");

what is the best practice for handling those strings?

I use Visual Studio 2010 and ASP.NET MVC2

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-18 08:13:39Z

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There's MVCContrib and inside there are extension methods allowing you to write:

return RedirectToAction<HomeController>(x => x.About());

Another possibility is T4 templates.

answered Jan 18, 2011 at 8:13

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Fabian Over a year ago

Check stackoverflow.com/questions/525986/…, if you like this solution but dont want to use MVCContrib.

Giorgi · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-18 08:18:51Z

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Use T4MVC. It will allow you to kill all magic strings in your code.

answered Jan 18, 2011 at 8:18

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Fabian · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-18 08:17:23Z

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I've created a static class like so:

public static class Routing {
  public static RouteValueDictionary Index {
    get {
      return new RouteValueDictionary {
        { "controller", "Default" },
        { "action", "Index" }
      };
    }
  }
}

so i can use it like this:

return RedirectToAction(Routing.Index);

answered Jan 18, 2011 at 8:17

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