How can I properly handle 404 in ASP.NET MVC?

Question

I am using RC2

Using URL Routing:

routes.MapRoute(
    \"Error\",
     \"{*url}\",
     new { controller = \"Errors\", action = \"N         


        

Answer 1

I really like cottsaks solution and think its very clearly explained. my only addition was to alter step 2 as follows

public abstract class MyController : Controller
{

    #region Http404 handling

    protected override void HandleUnknownAction(string actionName)
    {
        //if controller is ErrorController dont 'nest' exceptions
        if(this.GetType() != typeof(ErrorController))
        this.InvokeHttp404(HttpContext);
    }

    public ActionResult InvokeHttp404(HttpContextBase httpContext)
    {
        IController errorController = ObjectFactory.GetInstance();
        var errorRoute = new RouteData();
        errorRoute.Values.Add("controller", "Error");
        errorRoute.Values.Add("action", "Http404");
        errorRoute.Values.Add("url", httpContext.Request.Url.OriginalString);
        errorController.Execute(new RequestContext(
             httpContext, errorRoute));

        return new EmptyResult();
    }

    #endregion
}

Basically this stops urls containing invalid actions AND controllers from triggering the exception routine twice. eg for urls such as asdfsdf/dfgdfgd