AreaRegistration Class
Provides a way to register one or more areas in an ASP.NET MVC application.
Assembly: System.Web.Mvc (in System.Web.Mvc.dll)
The AreaRegistration type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Equals | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| RegisterAllAreas() | Registers all areas in an ASP.NET MVC application. |
| RegisterAllAreas(Object) | Registers all areas in an ASP.NET MVC application by using the specified user-defined information. |
| RegisterArea | Registers an area in an ASP.NET MVC application using the specified area's context information. |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
When you add an area to an ASP.NET MVC application, Visual Studio creates a file named AreaRegistration. The file contains a class that derives from AreaRegistration. This class defines the AreaName property and the RegisterArea method, which registers the route information for the new area.
The following example shows the AreaRegistration class created for a new area named Blog.
The Global.asax file contains the RegisterRoutes method that is called when an ASP.NET MVC application starts. The RegisterRoutes method of any application that implements areas must contain a call to the RegisterAllAreas method.
The following example shows a RegisterRoutes method that contains a call to RegisterAllAreas.
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) { routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}"); AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas(); routes.MapRoute( "Default", // Route name "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = "" } // Parameter defaults ); }
[Visual Basic]
Shared Sub RegisterRoutes(ByVal routes As RouteCollection)
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}")
AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas()
routes.MapRoute( _
"Default", _
"{controller}/{action}/{id}", _
New With {.controller = "Home", .action = "Index", .id = ""} _
)
End Sub