How can I know which Area my MVC controller action is being called in?

I want to know how, from a controller action, I could identify the area in which the controller is in via the MVC framework (I mean, without making all controllers in a given area inherit from a base controller with that info).

I'm particularly interested in the case of child actions (controller actions rendered via RenderAction), the area开发者_JAVA百科 of the calling parent controller for instance.

I'm using ASP .NET MVC 2.0 RTM

You can get it from the RouteData dictionary that is a member of your ControllerContext.

In your controller method (this is tested code):

string area = this.DataContext.RouteData.DataTokens["Area"].ToString();

The route that I am using looks like this:

public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
{
    context.MapRoute(
        "MyRoute",
        MyArea/{controller}/{action}/{id},
        new {controller = "MyController", Action="Index" }
    );
}

Note that, because my area routes are more specific than my root routes (in global.asax) I am registering my area routes first.

You should check your routes using Phil Haack's route debugger, and make sure that your Url is hitting the correct route.