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HtmlString vs. MvcHtmlString
What are the differences bettween those two, or when to prefer one over the other?
Edit:
One thing to prefer MvcHtmlString over HtmlString is the extension method IsNullOrEmpty of MvcHtmlString.
HtmlStringonly exists in ASP.NET 4.MvcHtmlStringwas a compatibility shim added to MVC 2 to support both .NET 3.5 and .NET 4. Now that MVC 3 is .NET 4 only, it’s a fairly trivial subclass ofHtmlStringpresumably for MVC 2->3 for source compatibility.If you’re ever going to drop back to MVC 2 it might make sense to use
IHtmlStringorvarfor values returned from MVC functions. Alternatively I think you can now just switch toHtmlStringthroughout.