Short Answer
Implement IApplicationFeatureProvider<ControllerFeature>
.
Question and Answer
Does anyone know what “service” interface is responsible for [discovering all available controllers]?
The ControllerFeatureProvider
is responsible for that.
And does anyone know of a way to make ASP.NET Core “dump” the names of all the controllers it discovered?
Do that within ControllerFeatureProvider.IsController(TypeInfo typeInfo)
.
Example
MyControllerFeatureProvider.cs
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Controllers;
namespace CustomControllerNames
{
public class MyControllerFeatureProvider : ControllerFeatureProvider
{
protected override bool IsController(TypeInfo typeInfo)
{
var isController = base.IsController(typeInfo);
if (!isController)
{
string[] validEndings = new[] { "Foobar", "Controller`1" };
isController = validEndings.Any(x =>
typeInfo.Name.EndsWith(x, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
}
Console.WriteLine($"{typeInfo.Name} IsController: {isController}.");
return isController;
}
}
}
Register it during startup.
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
services
.AddMvcCore()
.ConfigureApplicationPartManager(manager =>
{
manager.FeatureProviders.Add(new MyControllerFeatureProvider());
});
}
Here is some example output.
MyControllerFeatureProvider IsController: False.
OrdersFoobar IsController: True.
OrdersFoobarController`1 IsController: True.
Program IsController: False.
<>c__DisplayClass0_0 IsController: False.
<>c IsController: False.
And here is a demo on GitHub. Best of luck.
Edit – Adding Versions
.NET Version
> dnvm install "1.0.0-rc2-20221" -runtime coreclr -architecture x64 -os win -unstable
NuGet.Config
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<packageSources>
<clear/>
<add key="AspNetCore"
value="https://www.myget.org/F/aspnetvnext/api/v3/index.json" />
</packageSources>
</configuration>
.NET CLI
> dotnet --info
.NET Command Line Tools (1.0.0-rc2-002429)
Product Information:
Version: 1.0.0-rc2-002429
Commit Sha: 612088cfa8
Runtime Environment:
OS Name: Windows
OS Version: 10.0.10586
OS Platform: Windows
RID: win10-x64
Restore, Build, and Run
> dotnet restore
> dotnet build
> dotnet run
Edit – Notes on RC1 vs RC2
This might not be possible is RC1, because DefaultControllerTypeProvider.IsController()
is marked as internal
.