public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
// Map routes via attributes
routes.MapMvcAttributeRoutes();
// At the beginning of a request, the GetCultureFromHttpContextDelegate of LocalizationHttpModule is called to initialise thread culture.
// If a culture specific TranslationRoute is requested, the thread culture gets overridden by CultureSensitiveRouteHandler.
// Every translated route is replaced by a TranslationRoute. The overridden GetVirtualPath uses the current culture for route generation.
// This ensures that for example german routes are used when the thread culture is german.
// Add accepted cultures
Configuration.AcceptedCultures.Add("de");
// Applies the default culture to original route if its translated
Configuration.ApplyDefaultCultureToRootRoute = true;
// Uncomment if you want the culture (en, de, ...) added to each translated route as route prefix
// Configuration.AddCultureAsRoutePrefix = true;
// Set LocalizationHttpModule to initialize ThreadCulture from Browser UserLanguages
// Other options would be to load this from Cookie or Domain TLC (.com, .de, ...)
LocalizationHttpModule.GetCultureFromHttpContextDelegate = httpContext =>
{
// Set default culture as fallback
string cultureName = Configuration.DefaultCulture;
if (httpContext.Request.UserLanguages != null)
{
// Get language from HTTP Header
foreach (string userLanguage in httpContext.Request.UserLanguages.Select(x => x.Split(';').First()))
{
try
{
CultureInfo userCultureInfo = new CultureInfo(userLanguage);
// We don't can / want to support all languages
if (!Configuration.AcceptedCultures.Contains(userCultureInfo.Name.ToLower()))
{
continue;
}
// Culture found that is supported
cultureName = userCultureInfo.Name.ToLower();
break;
}
catch
{
// Ignore invalid cultures
continue;
}
}
}
// Return accepted culture
return new CultureInfo(cultureName);
};
// Add translations
// You can translate every specific route that contains default Controller and Action (which MapMvcAttributeRoutes does)
routes
.ForCulture("de")
.ForController<HomeController>()
.ForAction(x => x.Index())
.AddTranslation("Willkommen")
.ForAction(x => x.Book())
.AddTranslation("Buch/{chapter}/{page}");
routes
.ForCulture("de")
.ForController<HomeWithRoutePrefixAttributeController>()
.SetRoutePrefix("RoutePrefixDE")
.ForAction(x => x.Index())
.AddTranslation("Willkommen")
.ForAction(x => x.Book())
.AddTranslation("Buch/{chapter}/{page}");
routes
.ForCulture("de")
.SetAreaPrefix("AreaPrefixDE")
.ForController<HomeWithRouteAreaAttributeController>()
.ForAction(x => x.Index())
.AddTranslation("Willkommen")
.ForAction(x => x.Book())
.AddTranslation("Buch/{chapter}/{page}");
}