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ASP.NET MVC Programmatically Get a List of Controllers

In ASP.NET MVC is there a way to enumerate the controllers through code and get their name?

example:

AccountController
HomeController
PersonController

would give me a list such as:

Account, Home, Person
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Denny Ferrassoli Avatar asked Jul 20 '09 05:07

Denny Ferrassoli


2 Answers

Using Jon's suggestion of reflecting through the assembly, here is a snippet you may find useful:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Web.Mvc;

public class MvcHelper
{
    private static List<Type> GetSubClasses<T>()
    {
        return Assembly.GetCallingAssembly().GetTypes().Where(
            type => type.IsSubclassOf(typeof(T))).ToList();
    }

    public List<string> GetControllerNames()
    {
        List<string> controllerNames = new List<string>();
        GetSubClasses<Controller>().ForEach(
            type => controllerNames.Add(type.Name));
        return controllerNames;
    }
}
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grenade Avatar answered Sep 20 '22 12:09

grenade


You can reflect through your assembly and find all classes which inherit from type System.Web.MVC.Controller. Here's some sample code that shows how you could do that:

http://mvcsitemap.codeplex.com/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=1567

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Jon Galloway Avatar answered Sep 20 '22 12:09

Jon Galloway