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

The only way I could get @cottsak's method to work for invalid controllers was to modify the existing route request in the CustomControllerFactory, like so:

public class CustomControllerFactory : DefaultControllerFactory
{
    protected override IController GetControllerInstance(RequestContext requestContext, Type controllerType)
    {
        try
        {
            if (controllerType == null)
                return base.GetControllerInstance(requestContext, controllerType); 
            else
                return ObjectFactory.GetInstance(controllerType) as Controller;
        }
        catch (HttpException ex)
        {
            if (ex.GetHttpCode() == (int)HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
            {
                requestContext.RouteData.Values["controller"] = "Error";
                requestContext.RouteData.Values["action"] = "Http404";
                requestContext.RouteData.Values.Add("url", requestContext.HttpContext.Request.Url.OriginalString);

                return ObjectFactory.GetInstance();
            }
            else
                throw ex;
        }
    }
}

I should mention I'm using MVC 2.0.