ASP.NET MVC - Use Reflection to find if a Controller Exists

Question

I\'m having a heck of a time figuring out how to properly implement my 404 redirecting.

If I use the following

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Public Class BaseC         


        

Answer 1

I have a C# solution, I hope it helps. I plagiarized some of this code, though for the life of me, I cannot find where I got it from. If anyone know, please let me know so I can add it to my comments.

This solution does not use reflection, but it looks at all the application errors (exceptions) and checks to see if it's a 404 error. If it is, then it just routes the current request to a different controller. Though I am not an expert in any way, I think this solution might be faster than reflection. Anyway, here's the solution and it goes into your Global.asax.cs,

    protected void Application_Error(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Exception exception = Server.GetLastError();

        // A good location for any error logging, otherwise, do it inside of the error controller.

        Response.Clear();
        HttpException httpException = exception as HttpException;
        RouteData routeData = new RouteData();
        routeData.Values.Add("controller", "YourErrorController");

        if (httpException != null)
        {
            if (httpException.GetHttpCode() == 404)
            {
                routeData.Values.Add("action", "YourErrorAction");

                // We can pass the exception to the Action as well, something like
                // routeData.Values.Add("error", exception);

                // Clear the error, otherwise, we will always get the default error page.
                Server.ClearError();

                // Call the controller with the route
                IController errorController = new ApplicationName.Controllers.YourErrorController();
                errorController.Execute(new RequestContext(new HttpContextWrapper(Context), routeData));
            }
        }
    }

So the controller would be,

public class YourErrorController : Controller
{
    public ActionResult YourErrorAction()
    {
        return View();
    }
}