Why doesn't my action filter get called?

Question

The code:

public class TheFilter : ActionFilterAttribute
{
    public override void OnActionExecuted(ActionExecutedContext filterContext)
    {
        var controllerName = filterContext.ActionDescriptor.ControllerDescriptor.ControllerName;
    }
}

public class NotesController : BaseController
{
    [TheFilter]
    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult Edit(EditViewModel viewModel)
    {
        viewModel.Note.Modified = DateTime.Now;
        viewModel.Note.ModifiedBy = User.Identity.Name;
        var noteTable = StorageHelper.GetTable<Note>(viewModel.PageMeta.DataSourceID);
        noteTable.AddOrUpdate(viewModel.Note);
        return Home();
    }
}

When I debug on return Home() and step through then I bypass the action filter and go straight to the Home() method.

Am I declaring the action filter correctly?

Answer 1

Make sure you're implementing

System.Web.Mvc.ActionFilterAttribute

and not

System.Web.Http.Filters.ActionFilterAttribute

They both have OnActionExecuting and OnActionExecuted Methods, so it can be a little deceiving.