Modify ControllerContext in CreateController method of DefaultControllerFactory in asp.net core mvc - asp.net-core-mvc

Question

I want to override my controllers method. Here i have overriden CreateController method of DefaultControllerFactory to return the CatalogCustomController object if request come for CatalogController.
But the problem is here that i need to pass all the dependency into controller constructor.
public class CustomControllerFactory: DefaultControllerFactory
{
public CustomControllerFactory(ICatalogModelFactory catalogModelFactory,
IProductModelFactory productModelFactory,
IControllerActivator controllerActivator, IEnumerable<IControllerPropertyActivator> propertyActivators)
:base(controllerActivator, propertyActivators)
{
this._catalogModelFactory = catalogModelFactory;
this._productModelFactory = productModelFactory;
}
public override object CreateController(ControllerContext context)
{
if (context.ActionDescriptor.ControllerTypeInfo.AsType() == typeof(CatalogController))
{
return new CatalogCustomController(_catalogModelFactory,
_productModelFactory,
_categoryService,
}
return base.CreateController(context);
}
}
While i want to do it something like this, by modifying
ControllerContext context
public override object CreateController(ControllerContext context)
{
if (context.ActionDescriptor.ControllerTypeInfo.AsType() == typeof(CatalogController))
{
context.ActionDescriptor.ControllerName = "CatalogCustomController";
}
return base.CreateController(context);
}

Answer 1

You could try register Controller into IServiceCollection, and then retrieve Controller from IServiceCollection in CreateController.
Extension method for AddControllersAsServices
public static class Extension
{
public static IMvcBuilder AddControllersAsServices(this IMvcBuilder builder)
{
var feature = new ControllerFeature();
builder.PartManager.PopulateFeature(feature);
foreach (var controller in feature.Controllers.Select(c => c.AsType()))
{
builder.Services.TryAddTransient(controller, controller);
}
builder.Services.Replace(ServiceDescriptor.Transient<IControllerActivator, ServiceBasedControllerActivator>());
return builder;
}
}
Register Services
services.AddMvc()
.AddControllersAsServices();
CustomControllerFactory
public class CustomControllerFactory : DefaultControllerFactory
{
public CustomControllerFactory(
IControllerActivator controllerActivator, IEnumerable<IControllerPropertyActivator> propertyActivators)
: base(controllerActivator, propertyActivators)
{
}
public override object CreateController(ControllerContext context)
{
if (context.ActionDescriptor.ControllerTypeInfo.AsType() == typeof(CatalogController))
{
return context.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService(typeof(CatalogCustomController));
}
return base.CreateController(context);
}
}

Answer 2

I found a solution to do it without registering the controllers as service.
Inherit the custom controller from main one.
In custom controller factory, get the type of requested controller.
Replace the ControllerTypeInfo with the custom one
public override object CreateController(ControllerContext context)
{
Type typeOfController = context.ActionDescriptor.ControllerTypeInfo.UnderlyingSystemType;
if (typeOfController == typeof(Nop.Web.Controllers.CatalogController))
{
context.ActionDescriptor.ControllerTypeInfo = typeof(Controllers.CatalogCustomController).GetTypeInfo();
}
else if (typeOfController == typeof(Nop.Web.Areas.Admin.Controllers.ProductController))
{
context.ActionDescriptor.ControllerTypeInfo = typeof(Areas.Admin.Controllers.ProductCustomController).GetTypeInfo();
}
return base.CreateController(context);
}<pre>