asp.net mvc - Controller in Sub Folder

Question

My area is below. Only the concerned part is highlighted.

Route Table

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

    routes.MapRoute(
        "SubFolder", // Route name
        "SubFolder/ChildController",
        new { controller = "ChildController", action = "Index" },
        new[] { "Practise.Areas.SOProblems.Controllers.SubFolder" });


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

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This only works when the url is like this

localhost:2474/SOProblems/ChildController/index 

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This does not works when the url is like this

localhost:2474/SOProblems/SubFolder/ChildController/index

Can you please tell me what is missing?

Answer 1

This does not works when the url is like this localhost:2474/SOProblems/SubFolder/ChildController/index

That's normal. You route pattern looks like this: SubFolder/ChildController and not SubFolder/ChildController/index. In addition to that you defined your route in the WRONG place. You defined it in your main route definitions and not in your area route definitions. So get rid of the custom route definition from your main routes and add it to the SOProblemsAreaRegistration.cs file (which is where your SOProblems routes should be registered):

public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
{
    context.MapRoute(
        "SubFolderRoute", 
        "SOProblems/SubFolder/ChildController",
        new { controller = "ChildController", action = "Index" },
        new[] { "Practise.Areas.SOProblems.Controllers.SubFolder" }
    );

    context.MapRoute(
        "SOProblems_default",
        "SOProblems/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
        new { action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
    );
}

Also since your route pattern (SOProblems/SubFolder/ChildController) doesn't have the possibility to specify an action name, you can only have one action on this controller and that would be the default action that you registered (index) in this case.

If you wanted to have more actions on this controller and yet index be the default one you should include that in your route pattern:

context.MapRoute(
    "SubFolder", 
    "SOProblems/SubFolder/ChildController/{action}",
    new { controller = "ChildController", action = "Index" },
    new[] { "Practise.Areas.SOProblems.Controllers.SubFolder" }
);

In both cases your main route definition could remain with their default values:

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

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