MVC Route static value - asp.net-mvc

Question

I'm not sure if this is possible using mvc routing, I haven't been able to find a similar example.
I have about 5~ controller actions that are the same method, so I'd like to refactor them into a single action. I'd like to pass an enum value to the controller to tell it what path it should pass to lower layers.
Example:
public ActionResult ViewPage(int id, PageEnum page) {
var model = MyService.GetModelForTemplate(id, page);
return ("ViewPage", model);
}
Then the user could access this either through /PagesTypeOne/ViewPage/, or /PagesTypeTwo/ViewPage/. Both routes leading to the same endpoint.
Route table attempt:
routes.MapRoute(
name: "typeOne",
url: "PagesTypeOne/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Pages", action = "ViewPage", id = UrlParameter.Optional, page = PageEnum.TypeOne, }
);
routes.MapRoute(
name: "typeTwo",
url: "PagesTypeTwo/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Pages", action = "ViewPage", id = UrlParameter.Optional, page = PageEnum.TypeTwo, }
);
This obviously isn't working.
Is there a way I can do something like this? It would make my code much more concise.

Answer 1

screen != page, so if the property on the anonymous type matches the parameter it will work:
public ActionResult ViewPage(int id, PageEnum screen) {
var model = MyService.GetModelForTemplate(screen);
return ("ViewPage", model);
}
Updated: Created a empty application and it work flawlessly:
namespace MvcApplication6
{
public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
public static void RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilterCollection filters)
{
filters.Add(new HandleErrorAttribute());
}
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
routes.MapRoute(
"Test1",
"PagesTypeOne/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Home",
action = "Index",
id = UrlParameter.Optional,
page = PageEnum.PageOne } // Parameter defaults
);
routes.MapRoute(
"Test2",
"PagesTypeTwo/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Home",
action = "Index",
id = UrlParameter.Optional,
page = PageEnum.PageOne } // Parameter defaults
);
routes.MapRoute(
"Default", // Route name
"{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Home",
action = "Index",
id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
);
}
protected void Application_Start()
{
AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
}
}
}
public enum PageEnum
{
Undefined,
PageOne,
PageTwo
}
Controller:
namespace MvcApplication6.Controllers
{
public class HomeController : Controller
{
public ActionResult Index()
{
return View();
}
public ActionResult ViewPage(int id, PageEnum page)
{
var debug = 1; // break point
return new EmptyResult();
}
}
}

Answer 2

you can make it completely dynamic with one route definition:
// the route must be defined as the first route
routes.MapRoute(
name: "typeTwo",
url: "{page}/ViewPage/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Pages", action = "ViewPage", id = UrlParameter.Optional },
new { page= getPageTypes() }
);
the getPageTypes method:
private static string getPageTypes()
{
var pageTypes = Enum.GetNames(typeof(PageEnum));
return string.Join("|", pageTypes );
}
but PagesTypeOne/ViewPage/4 part must match the enum's name.