MiscellaneousActionResults.cs

public class Person
{
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
    public string LastName { get; set; }
}

public class HomeController : Controller
{
    public IActionResult IndexWithId(int id)
    {
        return View();
    }

    public ActionResult IndexActionResult()
    {
        return View("Index");
    }

    public ViewResult IndexViewResult()
    {
        return View();
    }

    public JsonResult JsonActionResult()
    {
        var data = new { Name = "Alex", LastName = "DeLarge" };

        return Json(data);
    }

    public PartialViewResult PartialViewActionResult()
    {
        var model = new List<int> { 2, 3 };

        return PartialView("_PartialViewActionResult", model);
    }

    //writes the result of component to response, notice that you can directly call it in a controller
    //IViewComponentResult should be returned from a Class that inherent form ViewComponent
    public ViewComponentResult HomeSliderComponent()
    {
        return ViewComponent("HomeSlider", new { id = 4 });
    }

    //returns 200 with the content and specified media type for the content
    public ContentResult ContentActionResult()
    {
        return Content("{Name: 'Hamid'}, {Name: 'Stanley'}", new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/json"));
    }

    //returns 200 OK which is empty
    public EmptyResult EmptyActionResult()
    {
        return new EmptyResult();
    }
    
    public Person PocoResult()
    {
        return new Person { FirstName = "Major", LastName = "Bob" };
    }

    public List<Person> GetAllPersons()
    {
        return new List<Person> { new Person { FirstName = "Alex", LastName = "DeLarge" }, new Person { FirstName = "Major", LastName = "Bob" } };
    }

    public int IntResult()
    {
        return 2;
    }

    public string StringResult()
    {
        return "Major Bob ?";
    }

    [NonAction]
    public Person YouShallNotPass()
    {
        return new Person { FirstName = "James", LastName = "Gandolfini" };
    }
}