Question

I’m rather new to ASP .NET MVC3.
I know that when I create my controllers through Visual Studio, they will respond to some URL. But where is defined which controller responds to which URL ?

Thank you for you help.

Answer 1

Look at your global.asax file – the routing table is normally defined there.

This is the mapping between URLs and controllers/actions.

See the official ASP.NET MVC Routing Overview for details.

public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
    public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
    {
        routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

        routes.MapRoute(
            "Default",                                              // Route name
            "{controller}/{action}/{id}",                           // URL with parameters
            new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = "" }  // Parameter defaults
        );

    }

    protected void Application_Start()
    {
        RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
    }
}