Added IActionResultHelper and other services.

- Support the Initialize pattern as an alternate ctor.

Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ActionResultHelper.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
+{
+    public class ActionResultHelper : IActionResultHelper
+    {
+        public IActionResult Content(string value)
+        {
+            return new ContentResult
+            {
+                Content = value
+            };
+        }
+
+        public IActionResult Content(string value, string contentType)
+        {
+            return new ContentResult
+            {
+                Content = value,
+                ContentType = contentType
+            };
+        }
+
+        public IActionResult Json(object value)
+        {
+            // TODO: Make this work at some point
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+    }
+}

Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/Controller.cs

@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ using Microsoft.Owin;
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 {
     public class Controller
-    {
-        public void Initialize(IOwinContext context)
+    { 
+        public void Initialize(IActionResultHelper actionResultHelper)
         {
-            Context = context;
+            Result = actionResultHelper;
         }
 
+        public IActionResultHelper Result { get; private set; }
+
         public IOwinContext Context { get; set; }
     }
 }

Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/IActionResultHelper.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
+{
+    public interface IActionResultHelper
+    {
+        IActionResult Content(string value);
+        IActionResult Content(string value, string contentType);
+        IActionResult Json(object value);
+    }
+}

Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.csproj

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="ActionResultHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ContentResult.cs" />
     <Compile Include="EmptyResult.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IActionResult.cs" />
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
     <Compile Include="HttpStatusCodeResult.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IActionInvoker.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IActionInvokerFactory.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="IActionResultHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IControllerFactory.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MvcHandler.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MvcServices.cs" />

Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/MvcHandler.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.CoreServices;
 using Microsoft.Owin;
@@ -35,22 +37,48 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
                 throw new InvalidOperationException(String.Format("Couldn't find controller '{0}'.", controllerName));
             }
 
-            var controllerBase = controller as Controller;
-
-            if (controllerBase != null)
-            {
-                // TODO: Make this the controller context
-                controllerBase.Initialize(context);
-            }
-
             var controllerContext = new ControllerContext(context, controller);
 
+            Initialize(controller, controllerContext);
+
             IActionInvokerFactory invokerFactory = _serviceProvider.GetService<IActionInvokerFactory>();
             var invoker = invokerFactory.CreateInvoker(controllerContext);
 
             return invoker.InvokeActionAsync(actionName);
         }
 
+        private void Initialize(object controller, ControllerContext controllerContext)
+        {
+            var controllerType = controller.GetType();
+
+            foreach (var prop in controllerType.GetProperties())
+            {
+                if (prop.Name == "Context")
+                {
+                    if (prop.PropertyType == typeof(IOwinContext))
+                    {
+                        prop.SetValue(controller, controllerContext.HttpContext);
+                    }
+                    else if (prop.PropertyType == typeof(IDictionary<string, object>))
+                    {
+                        prop.SetValue(controller, controllerContext.HttpContext.Environment);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            var method = controllerType.GetMethod("Initialize");
+
+            if (method == null)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var args = method.GetParameters()
+                             .Select(p => _serviceProvider.GetService(p.ParameterType)).ToArray();
+
+            method.Invoke(controller, args);
+        }
+
         private static string GetPartOrDefault(string[] parts, int index, string defaultValue)
         {
             return index < parts.Length ? parts[index] : defaultValue;

Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/MvcServices.cs

@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
             return services;
         }
 
-        private static void DoCallback(Action<Type, Type> callback)
+        public static void DoCallback(Action<Type, Type> callback)
         {
             callback(typeof(IControllerFactory), typeof(DefaultControllerFactory));
             callback(typeof(IActionInvokerFactory), typeof(ControllerActionInvokerFactory));
+            callback(typeof(IActionResultHelper), typeof(ActionResultHelper));
         }
     }
 }

MvcSample/Home2Controller.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc;
+using Microsoft.Owin;
+
+namespace MvcSample
+{
+    public class Home2Controller
+    {
+        public Home2Controller(IActionResultHelper actionResultHelper)
+        {
+            Result = actionResultHelper;
+        }
+
+        public IActionResultHelper Result { get; private set; }
+
+        public IOwinContext Context { get; private set; }
+
+        public string Index()
+        {
+            return "Hello World";
+        }
+
+        public IActionResult Something()
+        {
+            return new ContentResult
+            {
+                Content = "Hello World From Content"
+            };
+        }
+
+        public IActionResult Hello()
+        {
+            return Result.Content("Hello World");
+        }
+
+        public void Raw()
+        {
+            Context.Response.Write("Hello World raw");
+        }
+    }
+}

MvcSample/HomeController.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc;
+using Microsoft.Owin;
 
 namespace MvcSample
 {
-    public class HomeController
+    public class HomeController : Controller
     {
         public string Index()
         {
@@ -16,5 +17,15 @@ namespace MvcSample
                 Content = "Hello World From Content"
             };
         }
+
+        public IActionResult Hello()
+        {
+            return Result.Content("Hello World");
+        }
+
+        public void Raw()
+        {
+            Context.Response.Write("Hello World raw");
+        }
     }
 }

MvcSample/MvcSample.csproj

@@ -54,17 +54,9 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="packages.config" />
-    <None Include="Web.Debug.config">
-      <DependentUpon>Web.config</DependentUpon>
-    </None>
-    <None Include="Web.Release.config">
-      <DependentUpon>Web.config</DependentUpon>
-    </None>
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Content Include="Web.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="Home2Controller.cs" />
     <Compile Include="HomeController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Startup.cs" />
@@ -75,6 +67,15 @@
       <Name>Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Include="web.config" />
+    <None Include="web.Debug.config">
+      <DependentUpon>web.config</DependentUpon>
+    </None>
+    <None Include="web.Release.config">
+      <DependentUpon>web.config</DependentUpon>
+    </None>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VisualStudioVersion Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == ''">10.0</VisualStudioVersion>
     <VSToolsPath Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' == ''">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)</VSToolsPath>

MvcSample/Web.config

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!--
-  For more information on how to configure your ASP.NET application, please visit
-  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169433
-  -->
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
 <configuration>
-  <system.web>
-    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5" />
-    <httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5" />
-  </system.web>
-</configuration>
+
+    <system.web>
+      <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5" />
+      <httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5" />
+    </system.web>
+
+</configuration>