In the previous article, we provided you an overview of the areas in ASP.NET MVC. When a new area is created in ASP.NET MVC, a file with the area name suffixed by AreaRegistration will be created.
In the example as described in the previous article, the AbundantcodePayrollAreaRegistration.cs contains the following
using System.Web.Mvc;
namespace MvcApplication1.Areas.AbundantcodePayroll
{
public class AbundantcodePayrollAreaRegistration : AreaRegistration
{
public override string AreaName
{
get
{
return "AbundantcodePayroll";
}
}
public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
{
context.MapRoute(
"AbundantcodePayroll_default",
"AbundantcodePayroll/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
new { action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
}
}
}This class contains the RegisterArea method which is used to register the route with the pattern for the area.
In the sample above the following route is registered.
“AbundantcodePayroll/ {controller}/{action}/{id}”
Additionally, all the areas are automatically are registered via the RegisterAllAreas method which is called in the Global.asax.cs.