Does .NET MVC have a strongly typed RedirectToAction?

Question

Since I have decided to let RC go while staying with Beta for now, I have no way of knowing whether a strongly typed RedirectToAction has been added. Has anybody tried it and is there a strongly typed RedirectToAction (and maybe ActionLink) in RC?

Kopans

You should change the accepted answer to @Darrell Mozingo's answer; because RedirectToAction<T> is indeed in the Futures assembly. – Indigenous

Answer 1

No, it doesn't.

protected RedirectToRouteResult RedirectToAction<T>(Expression<Action<T>> action, RouteValueDictionary values) where T : Controller
{
    var body = action.Body as MethodCallExpression;

    if (body == null)
    {
        throw new ArgumentException("Expression must be a method call.");
    }

    if (body.Object != action.Parameters[0])
    {
        throw new ArgumentException("Method call must target lambda argument.");
    }

    string actionName = body.Method.Name;

    var attributes = body.Method.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(ActionNameAttribute), false);
    if (attributes.Length > 0)
    {
        var actionNameAttr = (ActionNameAttribute)attributes[0];
        actionName = actionNameAttr.Name;
    }

    string controllerName = typeof(T).Name;

    if (controllerName.EndsWith("Controller", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
    {
        controllerName = controllerName.Remove(controllerName.Length - 10, 10);
    }

    RouteValueDictionary defaults = LinkBuilder.BuildParameterValuesFromExpression(body) ?? new RouteValueDictionary();

    values = values ?? new RouteValueDictionary();
    values.Add("controller", controllerName);
    values.Add("action", actionName);

    if (defaults != null)
    {
        foreach (var pair in defaults.Where(p => p.Value != null))
        {
            values.Add(pair.Key, pair.Value);
        }
    }

    return new RedirectToRouteResult(values);
}

That should work.

Paulson

Do this exist in the Futures dll? i can't find it, if it does? I also wonder why it was missed?? – Antilepton

Chad .. how can this become an extension method to the Controller class? – Antilepton

I'd recommend putting it on a base Controller class and making your controllers inherit from that. – Paulson

The entire MVC framework should be strongly typed like this, I wish they would ditch magic strings, its so "DataSets". Thanx for the code Chad. – Chukker

There is a dependency on a 'LinkBuilder' class, is this bespoke code? – Liaotung

What's LinkBuilder? – Gat

Answer 2

This is also included in MVC Contrib as an extension method on your controller, along with a lot of other strongly typed goodies for ModelState handling, testing, etc. It's well worth taking on the extra dependency for what it offers.

Regine

Answer 3

You can use return RedirectToAction(nameof(Index));

Cicelycicenia

Answer 4

If you don't want the full MvcContrib library, you can get just this feature by using the MvcNavigationHelpers NuGet package.

Suctorial