ASP.NET MVC URL Route Mapping (URL rewriting) Issue - asp.net-mvc

Question

Here is my .Net MVC Folder structure:
I have a separate Folder called “Area” and inside that I have a Folder called “Restaurant”.
Inside this “Restaurant” Folder I have a controller Called “MenuController” which has action named “Index”
I am tried to rewrite the (Custom Route Mapping) url inside “Global.asax.cs” using following code.
routes.MapRoute(
"RestaurantMenu", // Route name
"Restaurant/{id}", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "/Restaurant/Menu", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
// Parameter defaults
);
But it gave me a HTTP 404 error.

Answer 1

The controller parameter inside your route should be the name of the controller, not the path :
If your controller name is Menu then, change it to this way :
routes.MapRoute(
"RestaurantMenu", // Route name
"Restaurant/{id}", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Menu", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
// Parameter defaults
);
And the another strange thing is that : is this route sitting inside your Global.asax file? It should be inside your RestaurantAreaRegistration.cs file as follows;
public class RestaurantAreaRegistration : AreaRegistration {
public override string AreaName {
get {
return "Restaurant";
}
}
public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context) {
context.MapRoute(
"RestaurantMenu", // Route name
"Restaurant/{id}", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Menu", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
// Parameter defaults
);
context.MapRoute(
"Accommodation_default",
"accomm/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
new { action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
}
}
then you can give this a shot. If you would like to use ActionLink with this route, use it like that :
#Html.ActionLink("MyLink", "Index", "Menu", new { id = 1, Area = "Restaurant"})
I have written the above code with notepad so there might be some typos :)