Question

Is there a way to change the naming convention for controllers in ASP.NET MVC?

What I want is to name my controllers InicioControlador instead of InicioController, or better yet, use a prefix instead of a suffix, and have ControladorInicio as my controller name.

From what I have read so far, I think I have to implement my own Controller Factory. I would be very grateful if any of you could point me in the right direction.

Answer 1

Yes, ControllerFactory is the best solution of your problem.

public IController CreateController(RequestContext requestContext, string controllerName)
    {            
        BaseController controller;

        switch (controllerName.ToLower())
        {
            case "product": case "products": controller = new MyProductController(); break;
            case "home": controller = new MyHomeController(); break;
            case "account": controller = new MyAccountController(); break;
            default: controller = null; break;
        }

        return controller;
    }

This is my first ControllerFactory – but it is very stupid 🙂 You must use reflection and avoid this ugly switch.