ActionResult implements IActionResult, and all our default implementations now use ActionResult

All controller methods return the specific ActionResult type

samples/MvcSample.Web/Areas/Travel/Controllers/HomeController.cs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace MvcSample.Web.Areas.Travel.Controllers
     {
         public IActionResult Index()
         {
-            return Result.Content("This is the Travel/Home/Index action.");
+            return Content("This is the Travel/Home/Index action.");
         }
     }
 }

samples/MvcSample.Web/FiltersController.cs

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace MvcSample.Web
         [AllowAnonymous]
         [AgeEnhancer]
         [Delay(500)]
-        public IActionResult Index(int age, string userName)
+        public ActionResult Index(int age, string userName)
         {
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(userName))
             {
@@ -33,26 +33,26 @@ namespace MvcSample.Web
             return View("MyView", _user);
         }
 
-        public IActionResult Blocked(int age, string userName)
+        public ActionResult Blocked(int age, string userName)
         {
             return Index(age, userName);
         }
 
         [Authorize("Permission", "CanViewPage")]
-        public IActionResult NotGrantedClaim(int age, string userName)
+        public ActionResult NotGrantedClaim(int age, string userName)
         {
             return Index(age, userName);
         }
 
         [FakeUser]
         [Authorize("Permission", "CanViewPage", "CanViewAnything")]
-        public IActionResult AllGranted(int age, string userName)
+        public ActionResult AllGranted(int age, string userName)
         {
             return Index(age, userName);
         }
 
         [ErrorMessages, AllowAnonymous]
-        public IActionResult Crash(string message)
+        public ActionResult Crash(string message)
         {
             throw new Exception(message);
         }

samples/MvcSample.Web/Home2Controller.cs

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace MvcSample.Web.RandomNameSpace
             return "Hello World: my namespace is " + this.GetType().Namespace;
         }
 
-        public IActionResult Something()
+        public ActionResult Something()
         {
             return new ContentResult
             {
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ namespace MvcSample.Web.RandomNameSpace
             };
         }
 
-        public IActionResult Hello()
+        public ActionResult Hello()
         {
-            return Result.Content("Hello World");
+            return Result.Content("Hello World", null, null);
         }
 
         public void Raw()
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace MvcSample.Web.RandomNameSpace
             Context.Response.WriteAsync("Hello World raw");
         }
 
-        public IActionResult UserJson()
+        public ActionResult UserJson()
         {
             var jsonResult = Result.Json(_user);
             jsonResult.Indent = false;

samples/MvcSample.Web/HomeController.cs

@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ namespace MvcSample.Web
         private static readonly IEnumerable<SelectListItem> _addresses = CreateAddresses();
         private static readonly IEnumerable<SelectListItem> _ages = CreateAges();
 
-        public IActionResult Index()
+        public ActionResult Index()
         {
             return View("MyView", User());
         }
 
-        public IActionResult ValidationSummary()
+        public ActionResult ValidationSummary()
         {
             ModelState.AddModelError("something", "Something happened, show up in validation summary.");
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace MvcSample.Web
         /// <summary>
         /// Action that shows metadata when model is <c>null</c>.
         /// </summary>
-        public IActionResult Create()
+        public ActionResult Create()
         {
             ViewBag.Address = _addresses;
             ViewBag.Ages = _ages;
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace MvcSample.Web
         /// <summary>
         /// Action that shows metadata when model is non-<c>null</c>.
         /// </summary>
-        public IActionResult Edit(User user)
+        public ActionResult Edit(User user)
         {
             ViewBag.Address = _addresses;
             ViewBag.Age = _ages;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace MvcSample.Web
         /// <summary>
         /// Action that exercises query\form based model binding.
         /// </summary>
-        public IActionResult SaveUser(User user)
+        public ActionResult SaveUser(User user)
         {
             return View("MyView", user);
         }
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ namespace MvcSample.Web
         /// <summary>
         /// Action that exercises input formatter
         /// </summary>
-        public IActionResult Post([FromBody]User user)
+        public ActionResult Post([FromBody]User user)
         {
             return View("MyView", user);
         }
 
-        public IActionResult Something()
+        public ActionResult Something()
         {
             return new ContentResult
             {
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ namespace MvcSample.Web
             };
         }
 
-        public IActionResult Hello()
+        public ActionResult Hello()
         {
-            return Result.Content("Hello World");
+            return Content("Hello World");
         }
 
         public void Raw()
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ namespace MvcSample.Web
         /// <summary>
         /// Action that exercises default view names.
         /// </summary>
-        public IActionResult MyView()
+        public ActionResult MyView()
         {
             return View(User());
         }

samples/MvcSample.Web/LinkController.cs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace MvcSample.Web
 {
     public class LinkController : Controller
     {
-        public IActionResult Details()
+        public ActionResult Details()
         {
             return View();
         }

samples/MvcSample.Web/OverloadController.cs

@@ -12,19 +12,20 @@ namespace MvcSample.Web
             _result = result;
         }
 
+        // All results implement IActionResult so it can be safely returned.
         public IActionResult Get()
         {
-            return _result.Content("Get()");
+            return _result.Content("Get()", null, null);
         }
 
-        public IActionResult Get(int id)
+        public ActionResult Get(int id)
         {
-            return _result.Content("Get(id)");
+            return _result.Content("Get(id)", null, null);
         }
 
-        public IActionResult Get(int id, string name)
+        public ActionResult Get(int id, string name)
         {
-            return _result.Content("Get(id, name)");
+            return _result.Content("Get(id, name)", null, null);
         }
     }
 }

src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/ActionResult.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using System;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
+{
+    public abstract class ActionResult : IActionResult
+    {
+        public virtual Task ExecuteResultAsync(ActionContext context)
+        {
+            ExecuteResult(context);
+            return Task.FromResult(true);
+        }
+
+        public virtual void ExecuteResult(ActionContext context)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/ActionResultHelper.cs

@@ -15,39 +15,32 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
             _viewEngine = viewEngine;
         }
 
-        public IActionResult Content(string value)
+        public ContentResult Content(string value, string contentType, Encoding contentEncoding)
         {
-            return new ContentResult
+            var result = new ContentResult
-            {
-                Content = value
-            };
-        }
-
-        public IActionResult Content(string value, string contentType)
-        {
-            return new ContentResult
             {
                 Content = value,
-                ContentType = contentType
             };
-        }
 
-        public IActionResult Content(string value, string contentType, Encoding contentEncoding)
+            if (contentType != null)
-        {
-            return new ContentResult
             {
-                Content = value,
+                result.Content = contentType;
-                ContentType = contentType,
+            }
-                ContentEncoding = contentEncoding
+
-            };
+            if (contentEncoding != null)
+            {
+                result.ContentEncoding = contentEncoding;
+            }
+
+            return result;
         }
 
-        public IJsonResult Json(object value)
+        public JsonResult Json(object value)
         {
             return new JsonResult(value);
         }
 
-        public IActionResult View(string view, ViewDataDictionary viewData)
+        public ViewResult View(string view, ViewDataDictionary viewData)
         {
             return new ViewResult(_serviceProvider, _viewEngine)
             {

src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/ActionResults/ContentResult.cs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ using Microsoft.AspNet.Abstractions;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 {
-    public class ContentResult : IActionResult
+    public class ContentResult : ActionResult
     {
         public string Content { get; set; }
 
@@ -13,13 +13,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
         public string ContentType { get; set; }
 
-        public async Task ExecuteResultAsync(ActionContext context)
+        public override async Task ExecuteResultAsync([NotNull] ActionContext context)
         {
-            if (context == null)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException("context");
-            }
-
             HttpResponse response = context.HttpContext.Response;
 
             if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(ContentType))

src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/ActionResults/EmptyResult.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 {
-    public class EmptyResult : IActionResult
+    public class EmptyResult : ActionResult
     {
         private static readonly EmptyResult _singleton = new EmptyResult();
 
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
             get { return _singleton; }
         }
 
-        #pragma warning disable 1998
+        public override void ExecuteResult([NotNull] ActionContext context)
-        public async Task ExecuteResultAsync(ActionContext context)
         {
             context.HttpContext.Response.StatusCode = 204;
         }
-        #pragma warning restore 1998
     }
 }

src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/ActionResults/HttpStatusCodeResult.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 {
-    public class HttpStatusCodeResult : IActionResult
+    public class HttpStatusCodeResult : ActionResult
     {
         private int _statusCode;
 
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
             _statusCode = statusCode;
         }
 
-        #pragma warning disable 1998
+        public override void ExecuteResult([NotNull] ActionContext context)
-        public async Task ExecuteResultAsync(ActionContext context)
         {
             context.HttpContext.Response.StatusCode = _statusCode;
         }
-        #pragma warning restore 1998
     }
 }

src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/ActionResults/IJsonResult.cs

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-using System.Text;
-
-namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
-{
-    public interface IJsonResult : IActionResult
-    {
-        Encoding Encoding { get; set; }
-        bool Indent { get; set; }
-    }
-}

src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/ActionResults/JsonResult.cs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 {
-    public class JsonResult : IJsonResult
+    public class JsonResult : ActionResult
     {
         private readonly object _returnValue;
 
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
             }
         }
 
-        #pragma warning disable 1998
+        public override void ExecuteResult([NotNull] ActionContext context)
-        public async Task ExecuteResultAsync(ActionContext context)
         {
             HttpResponse response = context.HttpContext.Response;
 
@@ -77,6 +76,5 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
                 formatter.WriteObject(writer, _returnValue);
             }
         }
-        #pragma warning restore 1998
     }
 }

src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/ActionResults/NoContentResult.cs

@@ -5,15 +5,10 @@ using Microsoft.AspNet.Abstractions;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 {
-    public class NoContentResult : IActionResult
+    public class NoContentResult : ActionResult
     {
-        public async Task ExecuteResultAsync(ActionContext context)
+        public override void ExecuteResult([NotNull] ActionContext context)
         {
-            if (context == null)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException("context");
-            }
-
             HttpResponse response = context.HttpContext.Response;
 
 #if NET45
@@ -21,8 +16,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 #else
             response.StatusCode = 204;
 #endif
-
-            await Task.FromResult(false);
         }
     }
 }

src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/ActionResults/RedirectResult.cs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 {
-    public class RedirectResult : IActionResult
+    public class RedirectResult : ActionResult
     {
         public RedirectResult(string url)
             : this(url, permanent: false)
@@ -27,14 +27,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
         public string Url { get; private set; }
 
-        #pragma warning disable 1998
+        public override void ExecuteResult([NotNull] ActionContext context)
-        public async Task ExecuteResultAsync([NotNull] ActionContext context)
         {
             // It is redirected directly to the input URL.
             // We would use the context to construct the full URL,
             // only when relative URLs are supported. (Issue - WEBFX-202)
             context.HttpContext.Response.Redirect(Url, Permanent);
         }
-        #pragma warning restore 1998
     }
 }

src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/ActionResults/RedirectToActionResult.cs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 {
-    public class RedirectToActionResult : IActionResult
+    public class RedirectToActionResult : ActionResult
     {
         public RedirectToActionResult([NotNull] IUrlHelper urlHelper, string actionName,
                                             string controllerName, IDictionary<string, object> routeValues)
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
         public bool Permanent { get; private set; }
 
-        #pragma warning disable 1998
+        public override void ExecuteResult([NotNull] ActionContext context)
-        public async Task ExecuteResultAsync([NotNull] ActionContext context)
         {
             var destinationUrl = UrlHelper.Action(ActionName, ControllerName, RouteValues);
 
@@ -45,6 +44,5 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
             context.HttpContext.Response.Redirect(destinationUrl, Permanent);
         }
-        #pragma warning restore 1998
     }
 }

src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/ActionResults/RedirectToRouteResult.cs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 {
-    public class RedirectToRouteResult : IActionResult
+    public class RedirectToRouteResult : ActionResult
     {
         public RedirectToRouteResult([NotNull] IUrlHelper urlHelper, IDictionary<string, object> routeValues)
             : this(urlHelper, routeValues, permanent: false)
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
         public bool Permanent { get; private set; }
 
-        #pragma warning disable 1998
+        public override void ExecuteResult([NotNull] ActionContext context)
-        public async Task ExecuteResultAsync([NotNull] ActionContext context)
         {
             var destinationUrl = UrlHelper.RouteUrl(RouteValues);
 
@@ -38,6 +37,5 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
             context.HttpContext.Response.Redirect(destinationUrl, Permanent);
         }
-        #pragma warning restore 1998
     }
 }

src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/ActionResults/ViewResult.cs

@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Rendering;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 {
-    public class ViewResult : IActionResult
+    public class ViewResult : ActionResult
     {
         private readonly IServiceProvider _serviceProvider;
         private readonly IViewEngine _viewEngine;
 
-        public ViewResult(IServiceProvider serviceProvider, IViewEngine viewEngine)
+        public ViewResult([NotNull] IServiceProvider serviceProvider, [NotNull] IViewEngine viewEngine)
         {
             _serviceProvider = serviceProvider;
             _viewEngine = viewEngine;
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
         public ViewDataDictionary ViewData { get; set; }
 
-        public async Task ExecuteResultAsync([NotNull] ActionContext context)
+        public override async Task ExecuteResultAsync([NotNull] ActionContext context)
         {
             var viewName = ViewName ?? context.ActionDescriptor.Name;
             var view = FindView(context.RouteValues, viewName);

src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Controller.cs

@@ -53,23 +53,23 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
             }
         }
 
-        public IActionResult View()
+        public ViewResult View()
         {
             return View(view: null);
         }
 
-        public IActionResult View(string view)
+        public ViewResult View(string view)
         {
             return View(view, model: null);
         }
 
         // TODO #110: May need <TModel> here and in the overload below.
-        public IActionResult View(object model)
+        public ViewResult View(object model)
         {
             return View(view: null, model: model);
         }
 
-        public IActionResult View(string view, object model)
+        public ViewResult View(string view, object model)
         {
             // Do not override ViewData.Model unless passed a non-null value.
             if (model != null)
@@ -80,22 +80,22 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
             return Result.View(view, ViewData);
         }
 
-        public IActionResult Content(string content)
+        public ContentResult Content(string content)
         {
             return Content(content, contentType: null);
         }
 
-        public IActionResult Content(string content, string contentType)
+        public ContentResult Content(string content, string contentType)
         {
             return Content(content, contentType, contentEncoding: null);
         }
 
-        public IActionResult Content(string content, string contentType, Encoding contentEncoding)
+        public ContentResult Content(string content, string contentType, Encoding contentEncoding)
         {
             return Result.Content(content, contentType, contentEncoding);
         }
 
-        public IJsonResult Json(object value)
+        public JsonResult Json(object value)
         {
             return Result.Json(value);
         }

src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/IActionResultHelper.cs

@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 {
     public interface IActionResultHelper
     {
-        IActionResult Content(string value);
+        ContentResult Content(string value, string contentType, Encoding contentEncoding);
-        IActionResult Content(string value, string contentType);
+        JsonResult Json(object value);
-        IActionResult Content(string value, string contentType, Encoding contentEncoding);
+        ViewResult View(string view, ViewDataDictionary viewData);
-        IJsonResult Json(object value);
-        IActionResult View(string view, ViewDataDictionary viewData);
     }
 }

src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Core.kproj

@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
     <Compile Include="ActionInvokerProviderContext.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ActionMethodSelectorAttribute.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ActionNameAttribute.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ActionResult.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ActionResultFactory.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ActionResultHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ActionResults\ContentResult.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ActionResults\EmptyResult.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ActionResults\HttpStatusCodeResult.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="ActionResults\IJsonResult.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ActionResults\JsonResult.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ActionResults\NoContentResult.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ActionResults\RedirectResult.cs" />