MVC3 ViewResult vs ActionResult

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I want to know the difference between ViewResult and ActionResult

What will be the difference of below two action methods? and how can one decide when to use ViewResult or ActionResult

C#

public ActionResult Index()
       {

           return View();
       }

public ViewResult Index()
       {

           return View();
       }

Posted 19-Oct-11 0:05am

Syed Salman Raza Zaidi

Updated 4-Oct-12 3:27am

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Member 9356459 · Answer 1 · 2012-10-04T02:51:00

Solution 3

ActionResult -is an abstract class that can have several subtypes:

ViewResult - Renders a specifed view to the response stream

Posted 4-Oct-12 2:51am

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fjdiewornncalwe 4-Oct-12 9:28am

Please don't answer questions that are this old and already have answers. The likelihood that the OP is still looking for an answer to this question over 1 year later is pretty slim.

Don Nichol 20-Dec-13 18:17pm

Other people come here looking for answers, not just the OP. Answers are always appreciated.

Member 10234866 · Answer 2 · 2014-02-27T02:09:00

ActionResult is an abstract class that can have several subtypes.

ActionResult Subtypes

ViewResult - Renders a specifed view to the response stream

PartialViewResult - Renders a specifed partial view to the response stream

EmptyResult - An empty response is returned

RedirectResult - Performs an HTTP redirection to a specifed URL

RedirectToRouteResult - Performs an HTTP redirection to a URL that is determined by the routing engine, based on given route data

JsonResult - Serializes a given ViewData object to JSON format

JavaScriptResult - Returns a piece of JavaScript code that can be executed on the client

ContentResult - Writes content to the response stream without requiring a view

FileContentResult - Returns a file to the client

FileStreamResult - Returns a file to the client, which is provided by a Stream

FilePathResult - Returns a file to the client

Simon Bang Terkildsen · Answer 3 · 2011-10-19T00:22:00

Solution 1

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Posted 19-Oct-11 0:22am

Simon Bang Terkildsen