All inbuilt ActionResults in ASP.NET MVC

Question

I\'m looking for a list of the inbuilt (and 3rd party would be a bonus) ActionResults you have available to you in a controller in ASP.NET MVC.

So far I\'ve discover

Answer 1

3rd party: MVCcontrib XmlResult

Answer 2

The book, ASP.NET MVC 1.0, has the following results (p 235): EmptyResult, ContentResult, JsonResult, RedirectResult, RedirectToRouteResult, ViewResult, PartialViewResult, FilePathResult, FileContentResult, FileStreamResult, JavaScriptResult

You can find out more specifics about each one here

Answer 3

From this source:

• ContentResult
  Writes a string value directly into the HTTP response.

• EmptyResult
  Does not write to the HTTP response.

• FileContentResult
  Takes the contents of a file (represented as an array of bytes) and write the contents into the HTTP response.

• FilePathResult
  Takes the contents of a file at the given location and writes the contents into the HTTP response.

• FileStreamResult
  Takes a file stream produced by the controller and writes the stream into the HTTP response.

• HttpUnauthorizedResult
  A special result used by authorization filters when authorization checks fail.

• JavaScriptResult
  Responds to the client with a script for the client to execute.

• JsonResult
  Responds to the client with data in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON).

• RedirectResult
  Redirects the client to a new URL.

• RedirectToRouteResult
  Renders the specified view to respond with an HTML fragment (typically used in AJAX scenarios).

• PartialViewResult
  Renders the specified view to respond with an HTML fragment (typically used in AJAX scenarios).

• ViewResult
  Renders the specified view and responds to the client with HTML.