How to make the controller's name hyphen “-” separated?

Question

I am able to use the

[ActionName(\"My-Action-Name\")]
public ActionResult MyActionName()
{
    return View();
}

But I am facing a problem

Answer 1

You can use Attribute Routing.

It comes in MVC 5 as well.

You can find some examples below.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdev/archive/2013/10/17/attribute-routing-in-asp-net-mvc-5.aspx

[RoutePrefix("Book-Reviews")]
public class ReviewsController : Controller
{
    // eg.: /reviews
    [Route]
    public ActionResult Index() { ... }
    // eg.: /reviews/5
    [Route("{reviewId}")]
    public ActionResult Show(int reviewId) { ... }
    // eg.: /reviews/5/edit
    [Route("{reviewId}/edit")]
    public ActionResult Edit(int reviewId) { ... }
}

Answer 2

Here is a good answer:

Add custom route handler (in replace part choose how you want to handle hyphens):

public class HyphenatedRouteHandler : MvcRouteHandler
{
    protected override IHttpHandler GetHttpHandler(RequestContext requestContext)
    {
        requestContext.RouteData.Values["controller"] = requestContext.RouteData.Values["controller"].ToString().Replace("-", "");
        requestContext.RouteData.Values["action"] = requestContext.RouteData.Values["action"].ToString().Replace("-", "");
        return base.GetHttpHandler(requestContext);
    }
}

and use it in your RouteConfig

routes.Add(
        new Route("{controller}/{action}/{id}",
            new RouteValueDictionary(
                new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }),
                new HyphenatedRouteHandler())
        );

Answer 3

I like the answer of @aleha, but wanted to do this for MapRoute, because I need a route name.

In such cases, you can do this:

    Route route = routes.MapRoute(
        "RouteName",
        "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
        new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
    );

    route.RouteHandler = new HyphenatedRouteHandler();

Answer 4

Thanks to @R. Schreurs solutions. This is what my RouteConfig class looks like now and my controller name now works with a hyphen.

public class RouteConfig
{
    public class HyphenatedRouteHandler : MvcRouteHandler
    {
        protected override IHttpHandler GetHttpHandler(RequestContext requestContext)
        {
            requestContext.RouteData.Values["controller"] = requestContext.RouteData.Values["controller"].ToString().Replace("-", "");
            requestContext.RouteData.Values["action"] = requestContext.RouteData.Values["action"].ToString().Replace("-", "");
            return base.GetHttpHandler(requestContext);
        }
    }

    public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
    {
        routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

        routes.MapRoute(
            name: "Default",
            url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
            defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
        ).RouteHandler = new HyphenatedRouteHandler();
    }
}