Different types of Action Results in MVC

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.

2. PartialviewResult (Partialview): This return type is used to send a part of a 

    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.