In MVC controller may have one or more
actions and can return different type of result like if you want to return
Json, JavaScript, empty result, return view etc. ActionResults is the base
class of all result type. ActionResults is abstract class. As ActionResults is
the base class for all type of action results this means return type of
ActionResults can be any of the below listed result types. In this topic we
will learn how to use ViewResult, PartialViewResult, RedirectResult and
JsonResult.
1.ViewResult (View): This return type is used to return a webpage from an action method.
1.ViewResult (View): This return type is used to return a webpage from an action method.
2. PartialviewResult (Partialview): This return type
is used to send a part of a
view which will be rendered in another view.
view which will be rendered in another view.
3. RedirectResult (Redirect): This return type is used to redirect to any other
controller and action method depending on the URL.
4. RedirectToRouteResult (RedirectToAction, RedirectToRoute): This return
type is used when we want to redirect to any other action method.
5. ContentResult (Content): This return type is used to return HTTP content
type like text/plain as the result of the action.
6. jsonResult (json): This return type is used when we want to return a JSON message.
7. javascriptResult (javascript): This return type is used to return JavaScript
code that will run in browser.
8. FileResult (File): This return type is used to send binary output in response.
9. EmptyResult: This return type is used to return nothing (void) in the result.