Pro ASP.NET MVC 5 Platform

CHAPTER 5

Handlers

Handlers are responsible for generating the response content for an HTTP request. In this chapter, I explain how handlers generate content, demonstrate how to create custom handlers, and show you how modules can provide services to handlers. Table 5-1 summarizes this chapter.

Table 5-1. Chapter Summary

Problem	Solution	Listing
Create a handler.	Implement the IHttpHandler interface.	1–3
Register a handler using a URL route.	Create an implementation of the IRouteHandler interface that returns the handler from its GetHttpHandler method and use it as an argument to the RouteCollection.Add method.	4
Register a handler using ...