diff --git a/samples/RoutingSample.Web/Program.cs b/samples/RoutingSample.Web/Program.cs
index 1fa90c645c..07fe40f30f 100644
--- a/samples/RoutingSample.Web/Program.cs
+++ b/samples/RoutingSample.Web/Program.cs
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ namespace RoutingSample.Web
             return new WebHostBuilder()
                 .UseKestrel()
                 .UseIISIntegration()
-                .UseStartup(startupType)
-                .ConfigureLogging(l => l.AddConsole().SetMinimumLevel(LogLevel.Debug));
+                .UseStartup(startupType);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/LinkGeneratorRouteValuesAddressExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/LinkGeneratorRouteValuesAddressExtensions.cs
index 0e2f8a663c..3f8014f8e2 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/LinkGeneratorRouteValuesAddressExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/LinkGeneratorRouteValuesAddressExtensions.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,19 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
     /// </summary>
     public static class LinkGeneratorRouteValuesAddressExtensions
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Generates a URI with an absolute path based on the provided values.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="generator">The <see cref="LinkGenerator"/>.</param>
+        /// <param name="httpContext">The <see cref="HttpContext"/> associated with the current request.</param>
+        /// <param name="routeName">The route name. Used to resolve endpoints. Optional.</param>
+        /// <param name="values">The route values. Used to resolve endpoints and expand parameters in the route template. Optional.</param>
+        /// <param name="fragment">An optional URI fragment. Appended to the resulting URI.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">
+        /// An optional <see cref="LinkOptions"/>. Settings on provided object override the settings with matching
+        /// names from <c>RouteOptions</c>.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>A URI with an absolute path, or <c>null</c>.</returns>
         public static string GetPathByRouteValues(
             this LinkGenerator generator,
             HttpContext httpContext,
@@ -28,6 +41,19 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
             return generator.GetPathByAddress<RouteValuesAddress>(httpContext, address, address.ExplicitValues, fragment, options);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Generates a URI with an absolute path based on the provided values.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="generator">The <see cref="LinkGenerator"/>.</param>
+        /// <param name="routeName">The route name. Used to resolve endpoints. Optional.</param>
+        /// <param name="values">The route values. Used to resolve endpoints and expand parameters in the route template. Optional.</param>
+        /// <param name="pathBase">An optional URI path base. Prepended to the path in the resulting URI.</param>
+        /// <param name="fragment">An optional URI fragment. Appended to the resulting URI.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">
+        /// An optional <see cref="LinkOptions"/>. Settings on provided object override the settings with matching
+        /// names from <c>RouteOptions</c>.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>A URI with an absolute path, or <c>null</c>.</returns>
         public static string GetPathByRouteValues(
             this LinkGenerator generator,
             string routeName,
@@ -45,6 +71,19 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
             return generator.GetPathByAddress<RouteValuesAddress>(address, address.ExplicitValues, pathBase, fragment, options);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Generates an absolute URI based on the provided values.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="generator">The <see cref="LinkGenerator"/>.</param>
+        /// <param name="httpContext">The <see cref="HttpContext"/> associated with the current request.</param>
+        /// <param name="routeName">The route name. Used to resolve endpoints. Optional.</param>
+        /// <param name="values">The route values. Used to resolve endpoints and expand parameters in the route template. Optional.</param>
+        /// <param name="fragment">An optional URI fragment. Appended to the resulting URI.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">
+        /// An optional <see cref="LinkOptions"/>. Settings on provided object override the settings with matching
+        /// names from <c>RouteOptions</c>.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>A URI with an absolute path, or <c>null</c>.</returns>
         public static string GetUriByRouteValues(
             this LinkGenerator generator,
             HttpContext httpContext,
@@ -62,6 +101,21 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
             return generator.GetUriByAddress<RouteValuesAddress>(httpContext, address, address.ExplicitValues, fragment, options);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Generates an absolute URI based on the provided values.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="generator">The <see cref="LinkGenerator"/>.</param>
+        /// <param name="routeName">The route name. Used to resolve endpoints. Optional.</param>
+        /// <param name="values">The route values. Used to resolve endpoints and expand parameters in the route template. Optional.</param>
+        /// <param name="scheme">The URI scheme, applied to the resulting URI.</param>
+        /// <param name="host">The URI host/authority, applied to the resulting URI.</param>
+        /// <param name="pathBase">An optional URI path base. Prepended to the path in the resulting URI.</param>
+        /// <param name="fragment">An optional URI fragment. Appended to the resulting URI.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">
+        /// An optional <see cref="LinkOptions"/>. Settings on provided object override the settings with matching
+        /// names from <c>RouteOptions</c>.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <returns>An absolute URI, or <c>null</c>.</returns>
         public static string GetUriByRouteValues(
             this LinkGenerator generator,
             string routeName,
@@ -81,7 +135,29 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
             return generator.GetUriByAddress<RouteValuesAddress>(address, address.ExplicitValues, scheme, host, pathBase, fragment, options);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a <see cref="LinkGenerationTemplate"/> based on the provided <paramref name="routeName"/> and <paramref name="values"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="generator">The <see cref="LinkGenerator"/>.</param>
+        /// <param name="routeName">The route name. Used to resolve endpoints. Optional.</param>
+        /// <param name="values">The route values. Used to resolve endpoints and expand parameters in the route template. Optional.</param>
+        /// <returns>
+        /// A <see cref="LinkGenerationTemplate"/> if one or more endpoints matching the address can be found, otherwise <c>null</c>.
+        /// </returns>
+        public static LinkGenerationTemplate GetTemplateByRouteValues(
+            this LinkGenerator generator,
+            string routeName,
+            object values)
+        {
+            if (generator == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(generator));
+            }
 
+            var address = CreateAddress(httpContext: null, routeName, values);
+            return generator.GetTemplateByAddress<RouteValuesAddress>(address);
+        }
+        
         private static RouteValuesAddress CreateAddress(HttpContext httpContext, string routeName, object values)
         {
             return new RouteValuesAddress()
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/RouteValuesBasedEndpointFinder.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/RouteValuesBasedEndpointFinder.cs
index 3ce63cea56..f7d6b77023 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/RouteValuesBasedEndpointFinder.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing/RouteValuesBasedEndpointFinder.cs
@@ -6,33 +6,27 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Internal;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Matching;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Template;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tree;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.ObjectPool;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
 {
     internal class RouteValuesBasedEndpointFinder : IEndpointFinder<RouteValuesAddress>
     {
-        private readonly CompositeEndpointDataSource _endpointDataSource;
-        private readonly ObjectPool<UriBuildingContext> _objectPool;
+        private readonly CompositeEndpointDataSource _dataSource;
         private LinkGenerationDecisionTree _allMatchesLinkGenerationTree;
         private IDictionary<string, List<OutboundMatchResult>> _namedMatchResults;
 
-        public RouteValuesBasedEndpointFinder(
-            CompositeEndpointDataSource endpointDataSource,
-            ObjectPool<UriBuildingContext> objectPool)
+        public RouteValuesBasedEndpointFinder(CompositeEndpointDataSource dataSource)
         {
-            _endpointDataSource = endpointDataSource;
-            _objectPool = objectPool;
+            _dataSource = dataSource;
 
             // Build initial matches
             BuildOutboundMatches();
 
             // Register for changes in endpoints
             Extensions.Primitives.ChangeToken.OnChange(
-                _endpointDataSource.GetChangeToken,
+                _dataSource.GetChangeToken,
                 HandleChange);
         }
 
@@ -68,7 +62,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
             // re-register the callback as the change token is one time use only and a new change token
             // is produced every time
             Extensions.Primitives.ChangeToken.OnChange(
-                _endpointDataSource.GetChangeToken,
+                _dataSource.GetChangeToken,
                 HandleChange);
         }
 
@@ -104,7 +98,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
             var namedOutboundMatchResults = new Dictionary<string, List<OutboundMatchResult>>(
                 StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
-            var endpoints = _endpointDataSource.Endpoints.OfType<RouteEndpoint>();
+            var endpoints = _dataSource.Endpoints.OfType<RouteEndpoint>();
             foreach (var endpoint in endpoints)
             {
                 // Do not consider an endpoint for link generation if the following marker metadata is on it
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/RouteValueBasedEndpointFinderTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/RouteValueBasedEndpointFinderTest.cs
index c3c1f644e8..70c66b052e 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/RouteValueBasedEndpointFinderTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tests/RouteValueBasedEndpointFinderTest.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Patterns;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.TestObjects;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Tree;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.ObjectPool;
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
@@ -83,13 +82,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
             // Arrange 1
             var endpoint1 = CreateEndpoint("/a");
             var dynamicDataSource = new DynamicEndpointDataSource(new[] { endpoint1 });
-            var objectPoolProvider = new DefaultObjectPoolProvider();
-            var objectPool = objectPoolProvider.Create(new UriBuilderContextPooledObjectPolicy());
 
             // Act 1
-            var finder = new CustomRouteValuesBasedEndpointFinder(
-                new CompositeEndpointDataSource(new[] { dynamicDataSource }),
-                objectPool);
+            var finder = new CustomRouteValuesBasedEndpointFinder(new CompositeEndpointDataSource(new[] { dynamicDataSource }));
 
             // Assert 1
             Assert.NotNull(finder.AllMatches);
@@ -218,14 +213,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
             return CreateEndpointFinder(new DefaultEndpointDataSource(endpoints));
         }
 
-        private CustomRouteValuesBasedEndpointFinder CreateEndpointFinder(params EndpointDataSource[] endpointDataSources)
+        private CustomRouteValuesBasedEndpointFinder CreateEndpointFinder(params EndpointDataSource[] dataSources)
         {
-            var objectPoolProvider = new DefaultObjectPoolProvider();
-            var objectPool = objectPoolProvider.Create(new UriBuilderContextPooledObjectPolicy());
-
-            return new CustomRouteValuesBasedEndpointFinder(
-                new CompositeEndpointDataSource(endpointDataSources),
-                objectPool);
+            return new CustomRouteValuesBasedEndpointFinder(new CompositeEndpointDataSource(dataSources));
         }
 
         private RouteEndpoint CreateEndpoint(
@@ -256,10 +246,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing
 
         private class CustomRouteValuesBasedEndpointFinder : RouteValuesBasedEndpointFinder
         {
-            public CustomRouteValuesBasedEndpointFinder(
-                CompositeEndpointDataSource endpointDataSource,
-                ObjectPool<UriBuildingContext> objectPool)
-                : base(endpointDataSource, objectPool)
+            public CustomRouteValuesBasedEndpointFinder(CompositeEndpointDataSource dataSource)
+                : base(dataSource)
             {
             }