Question

Im working my way though an ASP.NET MVC tutorial and couldnt find the answer im looking for.

I understand that each controller class in the ‘Controller’ root folder is mapped to a Url, so:

****Controller Folder****
    |- StoreController.cs

Maps to $url/Store

However, If I wish to creater a ‘subfolder’

I.e. a Controller class located for $url/Store/Testing I cant seem to see how I go about it.
I tried deriving a class from StoreController.cs, but that didnt work.

Answer 1

URLs do not necessarily correspond to MVC application internal folder structure. You can use MVC routing tables to conceal the internal structure and redirect specific URLs to any controllers/actions you want. For example, you can create a TestingController.cs class in the Controllers folder and use this route in Global.asax:

    public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
    {
        routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

        routes.MapRoute(
            "Store-Testing", // Route name
            "Store/Testing/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
            new { controller = "Testing", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
        );

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

    }

In this case, a request to http://[domain]/Store/Testing will be handled by TestingController.