What are the different types of results in MVC

Action Result Return type

In the following list we can see the action result type

1.   ViewResult :  This basically render a specific View for the response stream. The View result basically is a class which is inherited by the abstract class of the “ ViewResultBase”, and it is used to render a view. This “ViewResultBase” class contains the methods for finding the specific view for rendering  and also for execution the results. It also contain the properties for indentifying the view to rendering for the application.

public ViewResult Index() {     return View("ViewResult");  // here It is returning a  View }

2.   PartialViewResult :- This class also inherited from the abstract base class “ ViewResultBase” class and  it is used to rendering a partial view. This class contains the methods from finding the partial view for rendering and also for the execution of the result. This also contains the properties of  identify the partial view to rendering the application. This is not  like action result. Basically  Partial views are not like the primary thing for display the user which is the view.

public PartialViewResult Index() {     return PartialView("PartialViewData"); }

3.   RedirectResult: - It is used to perform the HTTP redirect to a given URL from user side. This class is inherited from the Action result abstract class.

public ActionResult Index() {     return Redirect("http://www.google.com/"); } public RedirectResult Index1() {     return Redirect("http://www.google.com/"); }

4.    RedirectToRouteResult :-  This is used to redirect  using specified route data dictionary. This class is inherited from the ActionResult class.

public ActionResult Index(int? Id) {     return new RedirectToRouteResult(new System.Web.Routing.RouteValueDictionary(new { controller = "Home", action = "List", Id = new int?() })); }

5.   ContentResult : -  this is used to return an action plain text this is also inherited from actionResult  abstract class.

public ActionResult Index() {     return Content("Hello"); } public ContentResult ContentResultIndex() {     return Content("Hello"); }

6.   JsonResult : -  Action method on controllers basically return the JsonResult means (JavaScript Object Notation result) which can be used in AJAX application. This class inherited from the ActionResult abstract class. Here Json is provided one argument which must be serializable. 

public JsonResult Index() {     return Json("Hello My Friend!"); }

ActionResult	Helper Method	Description
ViewResult	View	Renders a view as a web page
PartialViewResult	PartialView	Section of a view,that can be rendered inside another view
RedirectResult	Redirect	Redirect to another action method
RedirectToRouteResult	RedirectToRoute	Redirect to another action method
ContentResult	Content	Returns a user-defined content type
JsonResult	Json	Retuns a serialized JSON object
JavaScriptResult	JavaScript	Returns a script that can be executed on the client
FileResult	File	Returns a binary output to write to the response
EmptyResult	(None)	returns a null result