File: AnchorTagHelper.cs
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Project: src\src\Mvc\Mvc.TagHelpers\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.csproj (Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers)
// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.TagHelpers;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing;
 
namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers;
 
/// <summary>
/// <see cref="ITagHelper"/> implementation targeting &lt;a&gt; elements.
/// </summary>
[HtmlTargetElement("a", Attributes = ActionAttributeName)]
[HtmlTargetElement("a", Attributes = ControllerAttributeName)]
[HtmlTargetElement("a", Attributes = AreaAttributeName)]
[HtmlTargetElement("a", Attributes = PageAttributeName)]
[HtmlTargetElement("a", Attributes = PageHandlerAttributeName)]
[HtmlTargetElement("a", Attributes = FragmentAttributeName)]
[HtmlTargetElement("a", Attributes = HostAttributeName)]
[HtmlTargetElement("a", Attributes = ProtocolAttributeName)]
[HtmlTargetElement("a", Attributes = RouteAttributeName)]
[HtmlTargetElement("a", Attributes = RouteValuesDictionaryName)]
[HtmlTargetElement("a", Attributes = RouteValuesPrefix + "*")]
public class AnchorTagHelper : TagHelper
{
    private const string ActionAttributeName = "asp-action";
    private const string ControllerAttributeName = "asp-controller";
    private const string AreaAttributeName = "asp-area";
    private const string PageAttributeName = "asp-page";
    private const string PageHandlerAttributeName = "asp-page-handler";
    private const string FragmentAttributeName = "asp-fragment";
    private const string HostAttributeName = "asp-host";
    private const string ProtocolAttributeName = "asp-protocol";
    private const string RouteAttributeName = "asp-route";
    private const string RouteValuesDictionaryName = "asp-all-route-data";
    private const string RouteValuesPrefix = "asp-route-";
    private const string Href = "href";
    private IDictionary<string, string> _routeValues;
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Creates a new <see cref="AnchorTagHelper"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="generator">The <see cref="IHtmlGenerator"/>.</param>
    public AnchorTagHelper(IHtmlGenerator generator)
    {
        Generator = generator;
    }
 
    /// <inheritdoc />
    public override int Order => -1000;
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the <see cref="IHtmlGenerator"/> used to generate the <see cref="AnchorTagHelper"/>'s output.
    /// </summary>
    protected IHtmlGenerator Generator { get; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// The name of the action method.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Must be <c>null</c> if <see cref="Route"/> or <see cref="Page"/> is non-<c>null</c>.
    /// </remarks>
    [HtmlAttributeName(ActionAttributeName)]
    public string Action { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// The name of the controller.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Must be <c>null</c> if <see cref="Route"/> or <see cref="Page"/> is non-<c>null</c>.
    /// </remarks>
    [HtmlAttributeName(ControllerAttributeName)]
    public string Controller { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// The name of the area.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Must be <c>null</c> if <see cref="Route"/> is non-<c>null</c>.
    /// </remarks>
    [HtmlAttributeName(AreaAttributeName)]
    public string Area { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// The name of the page.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Must be <c>null</c> if <see cref="Route"/> or <see cref="Action"/>, <see cref="Controller"/>
    /// is non-<c>null</c>.
    /// </remarks>
    [HtmlAttributeName(PageAttributeName)]
    public string Page { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// The name of the page handler.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Must be <c>null</c> if <see cref="Route"/> or <see cref="Action"/>, or <see cref="Controller"/>
    /// is non-<c>null</c>.
    /// </remarks>
    [HtmlAttributeName(PageHandlerAttributeName)]
    public string PageHandler { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// The protocol for the URL, such as &quot;http&quot; or &quot;https&quot;.
    /// </summary>
    [HtmlAttributeName(ProtocolAttributeName)]
    public string Protocol { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// The host name.
    /// </summary>
    [HtmlAttributeName(HostAttributeName)]
    public string Host { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// The URL fragment name.
    /// </summary>
    [HtmlAttributeName(FragmentAttributeName)]
    public string Fragment { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Name of the route.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Must be <c>null</c> if one of <see cref="Action"/>, <see cref="Controller"/>, <see cref="Area"/>
    /// or <see cref="Page"/> is non-<c>null</c>.
    /// </remarks>
    [HtmlAttributeName(RouteAttributeName)]
    public string Route { get; set; }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Additional parameters for the route.
    /// </summary>
    [HtmlAttributeName(RouteValuesDictionaryName, DictionaryAttributePrefix = RouteValuesPrefix)]
    public IDictionary<string, string> RouteValues
    {
        get
        {
            if (_routeValues == null)
            {
                _routeValues = new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
            }
 
            return _routeValues;
        }
        set
        {
            _routeValues = value;
        }
    }
 
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the <see cref="Rendering.ViewContext"/> for the current request.
    /// </summary>
    [HtmlAttributeNotBound]
    [ViewContext]
    public ViewContext ViewContext { get; set; }
 
    /// <inheritdoc />
    /// <remarks>Does nothing if user provides an <c>href</c> attribute.</remarks>
    public override void Process(TagHelperContext context, TagHelperOutput output)
    {
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(context);
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(output);
 
        // If "href" is already set, it means the user is attempting to use a normal anchor.
        if (output.Attributes.ContainsName(Href))
        {
            if (Action != null ||
                Controller != null ||
                Area != null ||
                Page != null ||
                PageHandler != null ||
                Route != null ||
                Protocol != null ||
                Host != null ||
                Fragment != null ||
                (_routeValues != null && _routeValues.Count > 0))
            {
                // User specified an href and one of the bound attributes; can't determine the href attribute.
                throw new InvalidOperationException(
                    Resources.FormatAnchorTagHelper_CannotOverrideHref(
                        Href,
                        "<a>",
                        RouteValuesPrefix,
                        ActionAttributeName,
                        ControllerAttributeName,
                        AreaAttributeName,
                        RouteAttributeName,
                        ProtocolAttributeName,
                        HostAttributeName,
                        FragmentAttributeName,
                        PageAttributeName,
                        PageHandlerAttributeName));
            }
 
            return;
        }
 
        var routeLink = Route != null;
        var actionLink = Controller != null || Action != null;
        var pageLink = Page != null || PageHandler != null;
 
        if ((routeLink && actionLink) || (routeLink && pageLink) || (actionLink && pageLink))
        {
            var message = string.Join(
                Environment.NewLine,
                Resources.FormatCannotDetermineAttributeFor(Href, "<a>"),
                RouteAttributeName,
                ControllerAttributeName + ", " + ActionAttributeName,
                PageAttributeName + ", " + PageHandlerAttributeName);
 
            throw new InvalidOperationException(message);
        }
 
        RouteValueDictionary routeValues = null;
        if (_routeValues != null && _routeValues.Count > 0)
        {
            routeValues = new RouteValueDictionary(_routeValues);
        }
 
        if (Area != null)
        {
            // Unconditionally replace any value from asp-route-area.
            if (routeValues == null)
            {
                routeValues = new RouteValueDictionary();
            }
            routeValues["area"] = Area;
        }
 
        TagBuilder tagBuilder;
        if (pageLink)
        {
            tagBuilder = Generator.GeneratePageLink(
                ViewContext,
                linkText: string.Empty,
                pageName: Page,
                pageHandler: PageHandler,
                protocol: Protocol,
                hostname: Host,
                fragment: Fragment,
                routeValues: routeValues,
                htmlAttributes: null);
        }
        else if (routeLink)
        {
            tagBuilder = Generator.GenerateRouteLink(
                ViewContext,
                linkText: string.Empty,
                routeName: Route,
                protocol: Protocol,
                hostName: Host,
                fragment: Fragment,
                routeValues: routeValues,
                htmlAttributes: null);
        }
        else
        {
            tagBuilder = Generator.GenerateActionLink(
               ViewContext,
               linkText: string.Empty,
               actionName: Action,
               controllerName: Controller,
               protocol: Protocol,
               hostname: Host,
               fragment: Fragment,
               routeValues: routeValues,
               htmlAttributes: null);
        }
 
        output.MergeAttributes(tagBuilder);
    }
}