ActionName attribute is an action selector which is used for a different name of the action method. We use ActionName attribute when we want that action method to be called with a different name instead of the actual name of the method.
[ActionName("AliasName")]Controller
Example
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Web.Mvc;
namespace DemoMvcApplication.Controllers{
public class HomeController : Controller{
[ActionName("ListCountries")]
public ViewResult Index(){
ViewData["Countries"] = new List<string>{
"India",
"Malaysia",
"Dubai",
"USA",
"UK"
};
return View();
}
}
}View
@{
ViewBag.Title = "Countries List";
}
<h2>Countries List</h2>
<ul>
@foreach(string country in (List<string>)ViewData["Countries"])
{
<li>@country</li>
}In the above since we have provided a different action name for the Index method, when we try to navigate with action name Index will get 404 error.
Now let us try to navigate using ListCountries action name.
