Type of Action Result in ASP.NET MVC:-
ActionResult is the predefined class that is used to provide the Type of data that will be rendered by the view Object under the Controller.
ActionResult is the predefined class that is used to provide the Type of data that will be rendered by the view Object under the Controller.
ActionResult is the predefined class of MVC which has different sub-classes to manage view data.
1) ViewResult:- It is used to return complete HTML View content under View Page.
It is used to return content page results under the controller action method.
it is similar to ActionResult Result but ActionResult is the base class and ViewResult is the subclass.
public ViewResult MethodName()
{
return View();
}
2) ContentResult:- It is used to return content or String from Controller Action Method.
public ContentResult MethodName()
{
return Content("welcome in html");
}
3) PartialViewResult:-
1) ViewResult:- It is used to return complete HTML View content under View Page.
It is used to return content page results under the controller action method.
it is similar to ActionResult Result but ActionResult is the base class and ViewResult is the subclass.
public ViewResult MethodName()
{
return View();
}
2) ContentResult:- It is used to return content or String from Controller Action Method.
public ContentResult MethodName()
{
return Content("welcome in html");
}
3) PartialViewResult:-
It is used to render partial view page, partial view page is special pages in MVC that will not be rendered by the layout page means it will be rendered independently.
public PartialViewResult Methodname()
{
return PartialView("Methodname");
}
4) Empty Result:- This type is genuinely for returning nothing. But the problem is, this EmptyResult type doesn’t have any helper metho d. So we can use it by making its object, as shown below, If we want to create without a return type method then we can use EmptyResult.
public EmptyResult MethodName()
{
// return null;
return new EmptyResult();
}
5) FileResult :- This is used to return complete File Content ,File can be text,html or xml type.
public FileResult MethodName()
{
return File("filename","file-type");
}
6) JSONResult:- It is used to return JSON Data using JSON array and JSON Object
public JSONResult MethodName()
{
return Json(new { Name = "SCS", ID = 1 });
}
7)JavaScriptResult:- It is used to return JavaScript Data which will be called by any other view page
public JavaScriptResult Index7()
{
return JavaScript("alert('welcome in scs')");
}
We are calling from index.cshtml
<script type="text/javascript" src="@Url.Action("Index7")"></script>
Complete Code
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
namespace BasicMVCExample.Controllers
{
public class ActionResultExampleController : Controller
{
//
// GET: /ActionResultExample/
public ViewResult Index()
{
return View();
}
public ContentResult Index2()
{
return Content("welcome in Html result");
}
public PartialViewResult Index3()
{
return PartialView("Index3");
}
public EmptyResult Index4()
{
int a = 100, b = 200, c;
c = a + b;
Response.Write(c);
return new EmptyResult();
}
public FileResult Index5()
{
return File("abc.txt", "text/plain");
}
public JsonResult Index6()
{
return Json(new { Name = "SCS", ID = 1 }, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
public JavaScriptResult Index7()
{
return JavaScript("alert('welcome in scs')");
}
}
}
public PartialViewResult Methodname()
{
return PartialView("Methodname");
}
4) Empty Result:- This type is genuinely for returning nothing. But the problem is, this EmptyResult type doesn’t have any helper metho d. So we can use it by making its object, as shown below, If we want to create without a return type method then we can use EmptyResult.
public EmptyResult MethodName()
{
// return null;
return new EmptyResult();
}
5) FileResult :- This is used to return complete File Content ,File can be text,html or xml type.
public FileResult MethodName()
{
return File("filename","file-type");
}
6) JSONResult:- It is used to return JSON Data using JSON array and JSON Object
public JSONResult MethodName()
{
return Json(new { Name = "SCS", ID = 1 });
}
7)JavaScriptResult:- It is used to return JavaScript Data which will be called by any other view page
public JavaScriptResult Index7()
{
return JavaScript("alert('welcome in scs')");
}
We are calling from index.cshtml
<script type="text/javascript" src="@Url.Action("Index7")"></script>
Complete Code
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
namespace BasicMVCExample.Controllers
{
public class ActionResultExampleController : Controller
{
//
// GET: /ActionResultExample/
public ViewResult Index()
{
return View();
}
public ContentResult Index2()
{
return Content("welcome in Html result");
}
public PartialViewResult Index3()
{
return PartialView("Index3");
}
public EmptyResult Index4()
{
int a = 100, b = 200, c;
c = a + b;
Response.Write(c);
return new EmptyResult();
}
public FileResult Index5()
{
return File("abc.txt", "text/plain");
}
public JsonResult Index6()
{
return Json(new { Name = "SCS", ID = 1 }, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
public JavaScriptResult Index7()
{
return JavaScript("alert('welcome in scs')");
}
}
}
Index.cshtml
@{
Layout = null;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
<title>Index</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="@Url.Action("Index7")"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<h1>Welcome in ViewResult Concept</h1>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Index3.cshtml
<h1>Welcome in Offer Page</h1>
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