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    <p>Using the out-of-the-box method locators in ASP.NET MVC (3 or 4DP), is there a way to have the MVC framework differentiate between a string and Guid without needing to parse the parameter in the controller action?</p> <p>Usage examples would be for the URL</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://[domain]/customer/details/F325A917-04F4-4562-B104-AF193C41FA78" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://[domain]/customer/details/F325A917-04F4-4562-B104-AF193C41FA78</a></p> </blockquote> <p>to execute the</p> <pre><code>public ActionResult Details(Guid guid) </code></pre> <p>method, and</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://[domain]/customer/details/bill-gates" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://[domain]/customer/details/bill-gates</a></p> </blockquote> <p>to execute the</p> <pre><code>public ActionResult Details(string id) </code></pre> <p>method.</p> <p>With no changes, obviously the methods are ambiguous, as follows:</p> <pre><code>public ActionResult Details(Guid id) { var model = Context.GetData(id); return View(model); } public ActionResult Details(string id) { var model = Context.GetData(id); return View(model); } </code></pre> <p>resulting in the error:</p> <pre><code>The current request for action 'Details' on controller type 'DataController' is ambiguous between the following action methods: System.Web.Mvc.ActionResult Details(System.Guid) on type Example.Web.Controllers.DataController System.Web.Mvc.ActionResult Details(System.String) on type Example.Web.Controllers.DataController </code></pre> <p>I attempted to use a custom constraint (based on <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2421995/how-can-i-create-a-route-constraint-of-type-system-guid">How can I create a route constraint of type System.Guid?</a>) to try and push it through via routing:</p> <pre><code>routes.MapRoute( "Guid", "{controller}/{action}/{guid}", new { controller = "Home", action = "Index" }, new { guid = new GuidConstraint() } ); routes.MapRoute( "Default", // Route name "{controller}/{action}/{id}", new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } ); </code></pre> <p>And switched the action signatures to:</p> <pre><code>public ActionResult Details(Guid guid) { var model = Context.GetData(guid); return View(model); } public ActionResult Details(string id) { var model = Context.GetData(id); return View(model); } </code></pre> <p>The constraint executes and passes, thus the argument is sent to an action, but seemingly still as a string, and thus ambiguous to the two method signatures. I expect that there's something in how the action methods are located that causes the ambiguity, and thus could be overridden by plugging in a custom module to locate methods.</p> <p>The same result could be achieved by parsing out the string parameter, but would be really nice for brevity to avoid that logic in the action (not to mention to hopefully reuse someday later).</p>
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    1. COYou're right, the action method locator is oblivious to the route constraint. If you remove the string action method, does the guid action method get chosen?
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    2. COMVC doesn't support method overloading based solely on signature - the easiest solution for you would probably be to simply have two uniquely named action methods, one for details by GUID (Details) and another to get details by name (Search or Information maybe?).
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    3. CO@bzlm - Correct, removing the string action will select the Guid (assuming it passes the constraint OR can be parsed into a Guid).
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