Creating The Custom Action Filter in Asp.net MVC

Action Filters are the attributes in asp.net and using for the controller. it is derived from System.Attribute. The action filter has mainly three filters

1.   Output Cache
2.   Handle Error
3.   Authorize

Example for Output Cache :

public class AllTechGeeksController : Controller     {         [HttpGet]         [OutputCache(Duration = 20)]             public string resultView()         {             return DateTime.Now.ToString("ATG");         }     }

 Example for Handle Error :

[HandleError]     public class AllTechGeeksController : Controller     {         public ActionResult HomeTest()         {             throw new NullReferenceException();         }         public ActionResult Test()         {             return View();         }     }

Example for Authorize :

public class AllTechGeeksController : Controller     {         [Authorize]         public ActionResult TestAllTechGeeks()         {             ViewBag.Message = "Authencated Users Only";             return View();         }         [Authorize(Roles = "HR")]         public ActionResult HRModule()         {             ViewBag.Message = "Only for HR department";             return View();         }     }

How to create a custom action filter in asp.net MVCCustom filter inherits from ActionFilterAttribute Class in asp.net MVC.and overrides minimum any one of the following methods.

1. OnActionExecuting
2. OnActionExecuted
3. OnResultExecuting
4. OnResultExecuted

we can declare the custom action filters in 3 levels 

1.  At Global Levele
2. At Controller Level
3. At Action Level

Create a simple Custom Action Filter in Asp.net 

using System;     using System.Web.Mvc;     using System.Diagnostics;     namespace webAppAlltechGeeks     {         public class AllTechGeeksFilter : ActionFilterAttribute         {             public override void OnResultExecuting(ResultExecutingContext context)             {            //You may ot not fetch data from database here                        context.Controller.ViewBag.GreetMesssage = "Hello All Tech Geeks";                 base.OnResultExecuting(context);             }             public override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext context)             {                 var controllerName = context.RouteData.Values["controller"];                 var actionName = context.RouteData.Values["action"];                 var message = String.Format("{0} controller:{1} action:{2}", "onactionexecuting",                     controllerName, actionName);                 Debug.WriteLine(message, "Action Filter Log");                 base.OnActionExecuting(context);             }             public override void OnResultExecuting(ResultExecutingContext context)             {                 //Write your code here          }                  public override void OnResultExecuting(ResultExecutingContext context)             {                 //Write your code here                  }         }     }