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UrlHelper Class

Contains methods to build URLs for ASP.NET MVC within an application.

System.Object
  System.Web.Mvc.UrlHelper

Namespace:  System.Web.Mvc
Assembly:  System.Web.Mvc (in System.Web.Mvc.dll)
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public class UrlHelper

The UrlHelper type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method UrlHelper(RequestContext) Initializes a new instance of the UrlHelper class using the specified request context.
Public method UrlHelper(RequestContext, RouteCollection) Initializes a new instance of the UrlHelper class by using the specified request context and route collection.
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  Name Description
Public property RequestContext Gets information about an HTTP request that matches a defined route.
Public property RouteCollection Gets a collection that contains the routes that are registered for the application.
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  Name Description
Public method Action(String) Generates a fully qualified URL to an action method by using the specified action name.
Public method Action(String, Object) Generates a fully qualified URL to an action method by using the specified action name and route values.
Public method Action(String, String) Generates a fully qualified URL to an action method by using the specified action name and controller name.
Public method Action(String, RouteValueDictionary) Generates a fully qualified URL to an action method for the specified action name and route values.
Public method Action(String, String, Object) Generates a fully qualified URL to an action method by using the specified action name, controller name, and route values.
Public method Action(String, String, RouteValueDictionary) Generates a fully qualified URL to an action method by using the specified action name, controller name, and route values.
Public method Action(String, String, Object, String) Generates a fully qualified URL to an action method by using the specified action name, controller name, route values, and protocol to use.
Public method Action(String, String, RouteValueDictionary, String, String) Generates a fully qualified URL for an action method by using the specified action name, controller name, route values, protocol to use, and host name.
Public method Content Converts a virtual (relative) path to an application absolute path.
Public method Encode Encodes special characters in a URL string into character-entity equivalents.
Public method Equals (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Static member GenerateContentUrl Returns a string that contains a content URL.
Public method Static member GenerateUrl(String, String, String, RouteValueDictionary, RouteCollection, RequestContext, Boolean) Returns a string that contains a URL.
Public method Static member GenerateUrl(String, String, String, String, String, String, RouteValueDictionary, RouteCollection, RequestContext, Boolean) Returns a string that contains a URL.
Public method GetHashCode (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType (Inherited from Object.)
Public method IsLocalUrl Returns a value that indicates whether the URL is local.
Protected method MemberwiseClone (Inherited from Object.)
Public method RouteUrl(Object) Generates a fully qualified URL for the specified route values.
Public method RouteUrl(String) Generates a fully qualified URL for the specified route name.
Public method RouteUrl(RouteValueDictionary) Generates a fully qualified URL for the specified route values.
Public method RouteUrl(String, Object) Generates a fully qualified URL for the specified route values by using a route name.
Public method RouteUrl(String, RouteValueDictionary) Generates a fully qualified URL for the specified route values by using a route name.
Public method RouteUrl(String, Object, String) Generates a fully qualified URL for the specified route values by using a route name and the protocol to use.
Public method RouteUrl(String, RouteValueDictionary, String, String) Generates a fully qualified URL for the specified route values by using the specified route name, protocol to use, and host name.
Public method ToString (Inherited from Object.)
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The UrlHelper class provides the following methods to help you work with URLs:

  • Action . This method generates a URL that maps to an action method.

  • RouteUrl . This method generates a URL that maps to a route.

  • Content . This method generates a URL path to a resource, based on the virtual (relative) path of the resource.

  • Encode . This method encodes special characters in the specified URL into character-entity equivalents.

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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