ASP.NET MVC: Order of execution of ValueProviders

Question

I like to know the order of the execution of the different ValueProviders in ASP.NET MVC.

ValueProviders:

• QueryStringValueProvider
• RouteDataValueProvider
• FormValueProvider
• ...

I did not find an information.

Answer 1

If memory serves me, the priority is like this.

1. Form data in the request
2. Route data
3. Query String
4. Http File Collection

EDIT I appear to be in agreement with the following website, which lists the same order. http://www.howmvcworks.net/OnModelsAndViewModels/TheBeautyThatIsTheModelBinder

Answer 2

You can check this out from ASP.NET MVC source code: ValueProviderFactories.cs

Here is the predefined order for ValueProviders:

    private static readonly ValueProviderFactoryCollection _factories = new ValueProviderFactoryCollection()
    {
        new ChildActionValueProviderFactory(),
        new FormValueProviderFactory(),
        new JsonValueProviderFactory(),
        new RouteDataValueProviderFactory(),
        new QueryStringValueProviderFactory(),
        new HttpFileCollectionValueProviderFactory(),
    };