Action Results in MVC

What is Action Result?

Action Result is basically the return type or result for your action method. ActionResult is the base class for all action results. Namespace for this is System.Web.MVC.

If you need to return multiple action result then you can use ActionResult as return type.

The following table shows the built- in action result types and the action helper methods that return them.

Action Result	Helper Method	Description
ViewResult	View	Renders a view as web page
PartialViewResult	PartialView	Renders a partial view, which defines a section of a view that can be rendered inside another view.
RedirectResult	Redirect	Redirects to another action method by using URL
RedirectToRouteResult	RedirectToAction or RedirectToRoute	Redirects to another action method
ContentResult	Contnet	Returns a user-defined contnet type
JsonResult	Json	Returns serilized json object
JavaScriptResult	JavaScript	Returns a script that can be executed on the client.
HttpStatusCodeResult	(None)	Returns a specific HTTP response code and description.
HttpUnauthorizedResult	(None)	Returns the result of an unauthorized HTTP request.
HttpNotFoundResult	HttpNotFound	Indicates the requested resource was not found.
FileResult	File	Returns binary output to write to the response.
FileContentResult	Controller.File(Byte[], String) or Controller.File(Byte[], String, String)	Sends the contents of a binary file to the response.
FilePathResult	Controller.File(String, String) or Controller.File(String, String, String)	Sends the contents of a file to the response.
FileStreamResult	Controller.File(Stream, String) or Controller.File(Stream, String, String)	Sends binary content to the response through a stream.
EmptyResult	(None)	Represents a return value that is used if the action method must return a null result (void).

Helper Methods overloads:

1. View
   

   View()
   View(IView view)
   View(object model)
   View(string viewName)
   View(IView view, object model)
   View(string viewName, object model)
   View(string viewName, string masterName)
   View(string viewName, string masterName,object model)

2. PartialView
   

   PartialView()
   PartialView(object model)
   PartialView(string viewName)
   PartialView(string viewName, object model)

3. Redirect
   

   Redirect(string url)

4. RedirectToAction
   

   RedirectionToAction(string actionName)
   RedirectionToAction(string actionName, object routeValues)
   RedirectionToAction(string actionName, string contollerName)
   RedirectionToAction(string actionName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues)
   RedirectionToAction(string actionName, string contollerName, object routeValues)
   RedirectionToAction(string actionName, string contollerName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues)

5. RedirectToRoute
   

   RedirectToRoute(object routeValues)
   RedirectToRoute(string routeName)
   RedirectToRoute(RouteValueDictionary routeValues)
   RedirectToRoute(string routeName, object routeValues)
   RedirectToRoute(string routeName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues)

6. Content
   

   Content(string content)
   Content(string content, string contentType)
   Content(string content, string contentType, Encoding contentEncoding)

7. Json
   

   Json(object data)
   Json(object data, JsonRequestBehavior behaviour)
   Json(object data,string contentType)
   Json(object data,string contentType, JsonRequestBehavior behaviour)
   Json(object data,string contentType, Encoding contentEncoding)
   Json(object data,string contentType, Encoding contentEncoding, JsonRequestBehavior behaviour)

8. Javascript
   

   Javascript(string script)

9. HttpNotFound
   

   HttpNotFound()
   HttpNotFound(string statusDescription)

10. File
    

    File(byte[] fileContents,string contentType)
    File(string fileName,string contentType)
    File(Stream fileStream,string contentType)
    File(byte[] fileContents,string contentType,string fileDownloadName)
    File(string fileName,string contentType,string fileDownloadName)
    File(Stream fileStream,string contentType,string fileDownloadName)