Convert URL string to area + action + controller

Question

I get a URL string (not the current route) in my action, I want to know how my routes definitions will parse the URL into Area, Controller and Action

example:

"http://website.com/Selling/Products/UpdateProduct/2"

area == "Selling"
controller == "Products"
action == "UpdateProduct"

I saw this answer from 2-12-2009 with a way how to do it, but it's verbose:
it creates HttpRequst, HttpResponse, HttpContext and HttpContextWrapper! for a simple operation, that doesn't really need HTTP context environment.

Is there a better way today with Asp.Net-Mvc3 ?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 12 '12 at 08:01

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Check out Phil Haack's RouteDebugger.

answered Jan 12 '12 at 08:01

Akos Lukacs

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 12 '12 at 08:10

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Is there a better way today with Asp.Net-Mvc3 ?

No, the answer you saw is actually the way to go.

answered Jan 12 '12 at 08:10

Darin Dimitrov

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-1 I think it's not self explaining answer, what do you mean? – hackp0int Jan 12 '12 at 08:14
@IamStalker, I mean that the answer that the OP has linked to in his question is the way to go if you want to parse a string into its constituent elements. I also mean that even if this answer dates from 2-12-2009 it is still valid today and that there are no new classes in ASP.NET MVC 3 that allow you to do this. Sorry if my answer wasn't clear enough. – Darin Dimitrov Jan 12 '12 at 08:16

Convert URL string to area + action + controller

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