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Joshua Frank
Joshua Frank

Reputation: 13848

Is it possible to change the action name before it's invoked?

I know that you can use OnActionExecuting or an Action filter to inject parameters to an action method, but is it possible to change the action name itself? I was tempted to try this:

    Public Overrides Sub OnActionExecuting(filterContext As ActionExecutingContext)
        filterContext.ActionDescriptor.ActionName = "SomethingElse"
    End Sub

But this won't compile, because ActionName is ReadOnly. Is there a way to do what I need?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 581

Answers (1)

Becuzz
Becuzz

Reputation: 6857

You can change what action gets invoked by doing a redirect from within your OnActionExecuting by doing something like this:

filterContext.Result = new RedirectToRouteResult(new RouteValueDictionary() {{"action", "Index"}, {"controller", "Home"}})

Also take a look at this SO question.

Upvotes: 1

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