Make the controller available to filters + Sample

GitHub WebFX #300

samples/MvcSample.Web/Filters/AgeEnhancerFilterAttribute.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc;
+using System;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc;
 
 namespace MvcSample.Web.Filters
 {
@@ -8,6 +9,13 @@ namespace MvcSample.Web.Filters
         {
             object age = null;
 
+            var controller = context.Controller as FiltersController;
+
+            if (controller != null)
+            {
+                controller.User.Log += "Age Enhanced!" + Environment.NewLine;
+            }
+            
             if (context.ActionArguments.TryGetValue("age", out age))
             {
                 if (age is int)

samples/MvcSample.Web/FiltersController.cs

@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ namespace MvcSample.Web
     [UserNameProvider(Order = -1)]
     public class FiltersController : Controller
     {
-        private readonly User _user = new User() { Name = "User Name", Address = "Home Address" };
+        public User User { get; set; }
+
+        public FiltersController()
+        {
+            User = new User() { Name = "User Name", Address = "Home Address" };
+        }
 
         // TODO: Add a real filter here
         [ServiceFilter(typeof(PassThroughAttribute))]
@@ -25,12 +30,12 @@ namespace MvcSample.Web
         {
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(userName))
             {
-                _user.Name = userName;
+                User.Name = userName;
             }
 
-            _user.Age = age;
+            User.Age = age;
 
-            return View("MyView", _user);
+            return View("MyView", User);
         }
 
         public ActionResult Blocked(int age, string userName)

samples/MvcSample.Web/Models/User.cs

@@ -13,5 +13,7 @@ namespace MvcSample.Web.Models
         public User Dependent { get; set; }
         public bool Alive { get; set; }
         public string Password { get; set; }
+
+        public string Log { get; set; }
     }
 }

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

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
             : this(actionContext.HttpContext, actionContext.Router, actionContext.RouteValues, actionContext.ActionDescriptor)
         {
             ModelState = actionContext.ModelState;
+            Controller = actionContext.Controller;
         }
 
         public ActionContext(HttpContext httpContext, IRouter router, IDictionary<string, object> routeValues, ActionDescriptor actionDescriptor)
@@ -31,5 +32,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
         public ModelStateDictionary ModelState { get; private set; }
 
         public ActionDescriptor ActionDescriptor { get; private set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The controller is available only after the controller factory runs.
+        /// </summary>
+        public object Controller { get; set; }
     }
 }

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

@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
             _filters = GetFilters();
             _cursor = new FilterCursor(_filters);
 
+            _actionContext.Controller = _controllerFactory.CreateController(_actionContext);
+
             // >> ExceptionFilters >> AuthorizationFilters >> ActionFilters >> Action
             await InvokeActionExceptionFilters();
 
@@ -360,12 +362,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
         {
             _cursor.SetStage(FilterStage.ActionMethod);
 
-            var controller = _controllerFactory.CreateController(_actionContext);
-
             var actionMethodInfo = _descriptor.MethodInfo;
             var actionReturnValue = await ReflectedActionExecutor.ExecuteAsync(
                 actionMethodInfo,
-                controller,
+                _actionContext.Controller,
                 _actionExecutingContext.ActionArguments);
 
             var underlyingReturnType = TypeHelper.GetTaskInnerTypeOrNull(actionMethodInfo.ReturnType) ?? actionMethodInfo.ReturnType;