Does a view exist in ASP.NET MVC?

Question

Is it possible to determine if a specific view name exists from within a controller before rendering the view?

I have a requirement to dynamically determine the name of the view to render. If a view exists with that name then I need to render that view. If there is no view by the custom name then I need to render a default view.

I'd like to do something similar to the following code within my controller:

public ActionResult Index() {     var name = SomeMethodToGetViewName();      // The 'ViewExists' method is what I've been unable to find.     if (ViewExists(name))     {         retun View(name);     }     else     {         return View();     } } 

Answer 1

 private bool ViewExists(string name)  {      ViewEngineResult result = ViewEngines.Engines.FindView(ControllerContext, name, null);      return (result.View != null);  } 

For those looking for a copy/paste extension method:

public static class ControllerExtensions {     public static bool ViewExists(this Controller controller, string name)     {         ViewEngineResult result = ViewEngines.Engines.FindView(controller.ControllerContext, name, null);         return (result.View != null);     } } 

Answer 2

What about trying something like the following assuming you are using only one view engine:

bool viewExists = ViewEngines.Engines[0].FindView(ControllerContext, "ViewName", "MasterName", false) != null;