Question

Are these two pieces of codes the same?

RouteValueDictionary dic=new RouteValueDictionary();
dic.Add("controller", "Home");
dic.Add("action", "Index");
RouteTable.Routes.MapRoute("Test", "Test/Something", dic);

and

 RouteTable.Routes.MapRoute("Test", "Test/Something", new{controller="Home", action="Index"});

I am not getting the same route in the route table. When I use the first option, the keys “controller” and “action” arent in RouteTable.Routes[0].Defaults.Keys but are added on the RouteTable.Routes[0].Defaults.Values

Do you know what I am doing wrong in the first option?

Answer 1

you can pass object of any type for third parameter but the passed object must have included keys defined in you’r url pattern as it’s properties.for example

 public class test
    {
        public string controller { get; set; }
        public string action { get; set; }
        public string id { get; set; }
    } 

     routes.MapRoute(
            "Default",
            "{controller}/{action}/{id}", 
             new test { action = "Index", controller = "Home", id = "" } 
        );

in this case you’r object must include controller,action,id properties.