MvcHandler Class

Selects the controller that will handle an HTTP request.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler

Namespace: System.Web.Mvc
Assembly: System.Web.Mvc (in System.Web.Mvc.dll)

'Declaration
Public Class MvcHandler _
    Implements IHttpAsyncHandler, IHttpHandler, IRequiresSessionState

public class MvcHandler : IHttpAsyncHandler, IHttpHandler, 
    IRequiresSessionState

public ref class MvcHandler : IHttpAsyncHandler, 
    IHttpHandler, IRequiresSessionState

The MvcHandler type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	MvcHandler	Initializes a new instance of the MvcHandler class.

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	Name	Description
	DisableMvcResponseHeader	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the MVC response header is disabled.
	IsReusable	Gets a value that indicates whether another request can use the IHttpHandler instance.
	RequestContext	Gets the request context.

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	Name	Description
	AddVersionHeader	Adds the version header by using the specified HTTP context.
	BeginProcessRequest(HttpContext, AsyncCallback, Object)	Called by ASP.NET to begin asynchronous request processing.
	BeginProcessRequest(HttpContextBase, AsyncCallback, Object)	Called by ASP.NET to begin asynchronous request processing using the base HTTP context.
	EndProcessRequest	Called by ASP.NET when asynchronous request processing has ended.
	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.)
	ProcessRequest(HttpContext)	Processes the request by using the specified HTTP request context.
	ProcessRequest(HttpContextBase)	Processes the request by using the specified base HTTP request context.
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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	Name	Description
	MvcVersionHeaderName	Contains the header name of the ASP.NET MVC version.

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	Name	Description
	IHttpAsyncHandler.BeginProcessRequest	Called by ASP.NET to begin asynchronous request processing using the base HTTP context.
	IHttpAsyncHandler.EndProcessRequest	Called by ASP.NET when asynchronous request processing has ended.
	IHttpHandler.IsReusable	Gets a value that indicates whether another request can use the IHttpHandler instance.
	IHttpHandler.ProcessRequest	Enables processing of HTTP Web requests by a custom HTTP handler that implements the IHttpHandler interface.

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MVC includes the following handler types:

MvcHandler. This handler is responsible for initiating the ASP.NET pipeline for an MVC application. It receives a Controller instance from the MVC controller factory; this controller handles further processing of the request. Note that even though MvcHandler implements IHttpHandler, it cannot be mapped as a handler (for example, to the .mvc file-name extension) because the class does not support a parameterless constructor. (Its only constructor requires a RequestContext object.)
MvcRouteHandler. This class implements IRouteHandler, therefore it can integrate with ASP.NET routing. The MvcRouteHandler class associates the route with an MvcHandler instance. A MvcRouteHandler instance is registered with routing when you use the MapRoute method. When the MvcRouteHandler class is invoked, the class generates an MvcHandler instance using the current RequestContext instance. It then delegates control to the new MvcHandler instance.
MvcHttpHandler. This handler is used to facilitate direct handler mapping without going through the routing module. This is useful if you want to map a file-name extension such as .mvc directly to an MVC handler. Internally, MvcHttpHandler performs the same tasks that ASP.NET routing ordinarily performs (going through MvcRouteHandler and MvcHandler). However, it performs these tasks as a handler instead of as a module. This handler is not typically used when the UrlRoutingModule is enabled for all requests.

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