// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved. // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information. using System.Threading.Tasks; using Microsoft.AspNet.WebUtilities; using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers; namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc { /// /// Sets the status code to 204 if the content is null. /// public class HttpNoContentOutputFormatter : IOutputFormatter { /// /// Indicates whether to select this formatter if the returned value from the action /// is null. /// public bool TreatNullValueAsNoContent { get; set; } = true; public bool CanWriteResult(OutputFormatterContext context, MediaTypeHeaderValue contentType) { // ignore the contentType and just look at the content. // This formatter will be selected if the content is null. // We check for Task as a user can directly create an ObjectContentResult with the unwrapped type. if (context.DeclaredType == typeof(void) || context.DeclaredType == typeof(Task)) { return true; } return TreatNullValueAsNoContent && context.Object == null; } public Task WriteAsync(OutputFormatterContext context) { var response = context.HttpContext.Response; response.ContentLength = 0; response.StatusCode = context.StatusCode ?? StatusCodes.Status204NoContent; return Task.FromResult(true); } } }