Getting All Controllers and Actions names in C#
Solution 1:
The following will extract controllers, actions, attributes and return types:
Assembly asm = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(MyWebDll.MvcApplication));
var controlleractionlist = asm.GetTypes()
.Where(type=> typeof(System.Web.Mvc.Controller).IsAssignableFrom(type))
.SelectMany(type => type.GetMethods(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly | BindingFlags.Public))
.Where(m => !m.GetCustomAttributes(typeof( System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute), true).Any())
.Select(x => new {Controller = x.DeclaringType.Name, Action = x.Name, ReturnType = x.ReturnType.Name, Attributes = String.Join(",", x.GetCustomAttributes().Select(a => a.GetType().Name.Replace("Attribute",""))) })
.OrderBy(x=>x.Controller).ThenBy(x => x.Action).ToList();
If you run this code in linqpad for instance and call
controlleractionlist.Dump();
you get the following output:
Solution 2:
You can use reflection to find all Controllers in the current assembly, and then find their public methods that are not decorated with the NonAction
attribute.
Assembly asm = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
asm.GetTypes()
.Where(type=> typeof(Controller).IsAssignableFrom(type)) //filter controllers
.SelectMany(type => type.GetMethods())
.Where(method => method.IsPublic && ! method.IsDefined(typeof(NonActionAttribute)));
Solution 3:
I was looking for a way to get Area, Controller and Action and for this I manage to change a little the methods you post here, so if anyone is looking for a way to get the AREA here is my ugly method (which I save to an xml):
public static void GetMenuXml()
{
var projectName = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().FullName.Split(',')[0];
Assembly asm = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(MvcApplication));
var model = asm.GetTypes().
SelectMany(t => t.GetMethods(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly | BindingFlags.Public))
.Where(d => d.ReturnType.Name == "ActionResult").Select(n => new MyMenuModel()
{
Controller = n.DeclaringType?.Name.Replace("Controller", ""),
Action = n.Name,
ReturnType = n.ReturnType.Name,
Attributes = string.Join(",", n.GetCustomAttributes().Select(a => a.GetType().Name.Replace("Attribute", ""))),
Area = n.DeclaringType.Namespace.ToString().Replace(projectName + ".", "").Replace("Areas.", "").Replace(".Controllers", "").Replace("Controllers", "")
});
SaveData(model.ToList());
}
Edit:
//assuming that the namespace is ProjectName.Areas.Admin.Controllers
Area=n.DeclaringType.Namespace.Split('.').Reverse().Skip(1).First()