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What is the correct way to get the name of the Action returning the View in MVC3?
I am using ViewContext.Controller.ValueProvider.GetValue("action").RawValue to return the name of the Action (Method), which is creating the View in MVC3. I return this in a Partial View, which is included in the View returned by the Action.
It works fine for Index, but, when I try to use it for another method name, it always evaluates to false.
In the immediate window I get the following results:
ViewContext.Controller.ValueProvider.GetValue("action").RawValue
"Edit"
ViewContext.Controller.ValueProvider.GetValue("action").RawValue == "Edit"
false
Which is highly confusing, because the first statement evaluates to a string with value "Edit", while comparing this to a string "Edit" returns false?
Bizarre...
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Actions are public methods in an MVC controller, that respond to a URL request. Action Selectors are attributes that can be applied to action methods and are used to influence or control which action method gets invoked in response to a request.
OK, the simple answer is, you need to know the . Net type being returned from your query when you set the scrap variable in your controller. Whatever that type is, that's what type your @model needs to be. Either that, or use the ViewBag --but again, without IntelliSense support since it's a dynamic .
RawValue is an object, so RawValue == "..." calls Object.op_Equality, which comparse by reference rather than by value.
Call ViewContext.RouteData.GetRequiredString("action")
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