Rewriting the URL for a Controllers Action Method - asp.net-mvc

Question

I have a controller called Person and it has a post method called NameSearch.
This method returns RedirectToAction("Index"), or View("SearchResults"), or View("Details").
The url i get for all 3 possibilities are http://mysite.com/Person/NameSearch.
How would i change this to rewrite the urls to http://mysite.com/Person/Index for RedirectToAction("Index"), http://mysite.com/Person/SearchResults for View("SearchResults"), and http://mysite.com/Person/Details for View("Details").
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

I'm assuming your NameSearch function evaluates the result of a query and returns these results based on:
Is the query valid? If not, return to index.
Is there 0 or >1 persons in the result, if so send to Search Results
If there is exactly 1 person in the result, send to Details.
So, more of less your controller would look like:
public class PersonController
{
public ActionResult NameSearch(string name)
{
// Manage query?
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(name))
return RedirectToAction("Index");
var result = GetResult(name);
var person = result.SingleOrDefault();
if (person == null)
return RedirectToAction("SearchResults", new { name });
return RedirectToAction("Details", new { id = person.Id });
}
public ActionResult SearchResults(string name)
{
var model = // Create model...
return View(model);
}
public ActionResult Details(int id)
{
var model= // Create model...
return View(model);
}
}
So, you would probably need to define routes such that:
routes.MapRoute(
"SearchResults",
"Person/SearchResults/{name}",
new { controller = "Person", action = "SearchResults" });
routes.MapRoute(
"Details",
"Person/Details/{id}",
new { controller = "Person", action = "Details" });
The Index action result will be handled by the default {controller}/{action}/{id} route.
That push you in the right direction?