有过ASP.NET或其它现代Web框架开发经历的开发者对路由这一名字应该不陌生。如果要用一句话解释什么是路由,可以这样形容:通过对URL的解析,指定相应的处理程序。
回忆下在Web Forms应用程序中使用路由的方式:
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
    routes.MapPageRoute("",
        "Category/{action}/{categoryName}",
        "~/categoriespage.aspx");
}然后是MVC应用程序:
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
    routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
    routes.MapRoute(
        "Default",                                              
        "{controller}/{action}/{id}",                          
        new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = "" }  
    );
}再到了ASP.NET Core:
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
    app.UseMvc(routes =>
    {
        routes.MapRoute(
            name: "default",
            template: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");
    });
}还可以用更简单的写法:
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
    app.UseMvcWithDefaultRoute();
}从源码上看这两个方法的实现是一样的。
public static IApplicationBuilder UseMvcWithDefaultRoute(this IApplicationBuilder app)
{
    if (app == null)
    {
        throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(app));
    }
    return app.UseMvc(routes =>
    {
        routes.MapRoute(
            name: "default",
            template: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");
    });
}关键是内部UseMvc方法的内容:
public static IApplicationBuilder UseMvc(
    this IApplicationBuilder app,
    Action<IRouteBuilder> configureRoutes)
{
    ...
    var routes = new RouteBuilder(app)
    {
        DefaultHandler = app.ApplicationServices.GetRequiredService<MvcRouteHandler>(),
    };
    configureRoutes(routes);
    routes.Routes.Insert(0, AttributeRouting.CreateAttributeMegaRoute(app.ApplicationServices));
    return app.UseRouter(routes.Build());
}其中的处理过程,首先实例化了一个RouteBuilder对象,并对它的DefaultHandler属性赋值为MvcRouteHandler。接着以其为参数,执行routes.MapRoute方法。
MapRoute的处理过程就是为RouteBuilder里的Routes集合新增一个Route对象。
public static IRouteBuilder MapRoute(
    this IRouteBuilder routeBuilder,
    string name,
    string template,
    object defaults,
    object constraints,
    object dataTokens)
{
    ...
    var inlineConstraintResolver = routeBuilder
        .ServiceProvider
        .GetRequiredService<IInlineConstraintResolver>();
    routeBuilder.Routes.Add(new Route(
        routeBuilder.DefaultHandler,
        name,
        template,
        new RouteValueDictionary(defaults),
        new RouteValueDictionary(constraints),
        new RouteValueDictionary(dataTokens),
        inlineConstraintResolver));
    return routeBuilder;
}有此一个Route对象仍不夠,程序里又插入了一个AttributeRoute。
随后执行routes.Build(),返回RouteCollection集合。该集合实现了IRouter接口。
public IRouter Build()
{
    var routeCollection = new RouteCollection();
    foreach (var route in Routes)
    {
        routeCollection.Add(route);
    }
    return routeCollection;
}最终使用已完成配置的路由。
public static IApplicationBuilder UseRouter(this IApplicationBuilder builder, IRouter router)
{
    ...
    return builder.UseMiddleware<RouterMiddleware>(router);
}于是又看到了熟悉的Middleware。它的核心方法里先调用了RouteCollection的RouteAsync处理。
public async Task Invoke(HttpContext httpContext)
{
    var context = new RouteContext(httpContext);
    context.RouteData.Routers.Add(_router);
    await _router.RouteAsync(context);
    if (context.Handler == null)
    {
        _logger.RequestDidNotMatchRoutes();
        await _next.Invoke(httpContext);
    }
    else
    {
        httpContext.Features[typeof(IRoutingFeature)] = new RoutingFeature()
        {
            RouteData = context.RouteData,
        };
        await context.Handler(context.HttpContext);
    }
}其内部又依次执行各个Route的RouteAsync方法。
public async virtual Task RouteAsync(RouteContext context)
{
    ...
    for (var i = 0; i < Count; i++)
    {
        var route = this[i];
        context.RouteData.Routers.Add(route);
        try
        {
            await route.RouteAsync(context);
            if (context.Handler != null)
            {
                break;
            }
        }
        ...
    }
}之前的逻辑中分别在RouteCollection里加入了AttributeRoute与Route。
*循环中会判断Handler是否被赋值,这是为了避免在路由已被匹配的情况下,继续进行其它的匹配。从执行顺序来看,很容易明白AttributeRoute比一般Route优先级高的道理。
先执行AttributeRoute里的RouteAsync方法:
public Task RouteAsync(RouteContext context)
{
    var router = GetTreeRouter();
    return router.RouteAsync(context);
}里面调用了TreeRouter的RouteAsync方法:
public async Task RouteAsync(RouteContext context)
{
    foreach (var tree in _trees)
    {
        var tokenizer = new PathTokenizer(context.HttpContext.Request.Path);
        var root = tree.Root;
        var treeEnumerator = new TreeEnumerator(root, tokenizer);
        ...
        while (treeEnumerator.MoveNext())
        {
            var node = treeEnumerator.Current;
            foreach (var item in node.Matches)
            {
                var entry = item.Entry;
                var matcher = item.TemplateMatcher;
                try
                {
                    if (!matcher.TryMatch(context.HttpContext.Request.Path, context.RouteData.Values))
                    {
                        continue;
                    }
                    if (!RouteConstraintMatcher.Match(
                        entry.Constraints,
                        context.RouteData.Values,
                        context.HttpContext,
                        this,
                        RouteDirection.IncomingRequest,
                        _constraintLogger))
                    {
                        continue;
                    }
                    _logger.MatchedRoute(entry.RouteName, entry.RouteTemplate.TemplateText);
                    context.RouteData.Routers.Add(entry.Handler);
                    await entry.Handler.RouteAsync(context);
                    if (context.Handler != null)
                    {
                        return;
                    }
                }
                ...
            }
        }
    }
}如果所有AttributeRoute路由都不能匹配,则不会进一步作处理。否则的话,将继续执行Handler中的RouteAsync方法。这里的Handler是MvcAttributeRouteHandler。
public Task RouteAsync(RouteContext context)
{
    ...
    var actionDescriptor = _actionSelector.SelectBestCandidate(context, Actions);
    if (actionDescriptor == null)
    {
        _logger.NoActionsMatched(context.RouteData.Values);
        return Task.CompletedTask;
    }
    foreach (var kvp in actionDescriptor.RouteValues)
    {
        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(kvp.Value))
        {
            context.RouteData.Values[kvp.Key] = kvp.Value;
        }
    }
    context.Handler = (c) =>
    {
        var routeData = c.GetRouteData();
        var actionContext = new ActionContext(context.HttpContext, routeData, actionDescriptor);
        if (_actionContextAccessor != null)
        {
            _actionContextAccessor.ActionContext = actionContext;
        }
        var invoker = _actionInvokerFactory.CreateInvoker(actionContext);
        if (invoker == null)
        {
            throw new InvalidOperationException(
                Resources.FormatActionInvokerFactory_CouldNotCreateInvoker(
                    actionDescriptor.DisplayName));
        }
        return invoker.InvokeAsync();
    };
    return Task.CompletedTask;
}该方法内部的处理仅是为RouteContext的Handler属性赋值。实际的操作则是要到RouterMiddleware中Invoke方法的context.Handler(context.HttpContext)这一步才被执行的。
至于Route里的RouteAsync方法:
public virtual Task RouteAsync(RouteContext context)
{
    ...
    EnsureMatcher();
    EnsureLoggers(context.HttpContext);
    var requestPath = context.HttpContext.Request.Path;
    if (!_matcher.TryMatch(requestPath, context.RouteData.Values))
    {
        // If we got back a null value set, that means the URI did not match
        return Task.CompletedTask;
    }
    // Perf: Avoid accessing dictionaries if you don‘t need to write to them, these dictionaries are all
    // created lazily.
    if (DataTokens.Count > 0)
    {
        MergeValues(context.RouteData.DataTokens, DataTokens);
    }
    if (!RouteConstraintMatcher.Match(
        Constraints,
        context.RouteData.Values,
        context.HttpContext,
        this,
        RouteDirection.IncomingRequest,
        _constraintLogger))
    {
        return Task.CompletedTask;
    }
    _logger.MatchedRoute(Name, ParsedTemplate.TemplateText);
    return OnRouteMatched(context);
}只有路由被匹配的时候才在OnRouteMatched里调用target的RouteAsync方法。
protected override Task OnRouteMatched(RouteContext context)
{
    context.RouteData.Routers.Add(_target);
    return _target.RouteAsync(context);
}此处的target即是最初创建RouteBuilder时传入的MvcRouteHandler。
public Task RouteAsync(RouteContext context)
{
    ...
    var candidates = _actionSelector.SelectCandidates(context);
    if (candidates == null || candidates.Count == 0)
    {
        _logger.NoActionsMatched(context.RouteData.Values);
        return Task.CompletedTask;
    }
    var actionDescriptor = _actionSelector.SelectBestCandidate(context, candidates);
    if (actionDescriptor == null)
    {
        _logger.NoActionsMatched(context.RouteData.Values);
        return Task.CompletedTask;
    }
    context.Handler = (c) =>
    {
        var routeData = c.GetRouteData();
        var actionContext = new ActionContext(context.HttpContext, routeData, actionDescriptor);
        if (_actionContextAccessor != null)
        {
            _actionContextAccessor.ActionContext = actionContext;
        }
        var invoker = _actionInvokerFactory.CreateInvoker(actionContext);
        if (invoker == null)
        {
            throw new InvalidOperationException(
                Resources.FormatActionInvokerFactory_CouldNotCreateInvoker(
                    actionDescriptor.DisplayName));
        }
        return invoker.InvokeAsync();
    };
    return Task.CompletedTask;
}处理过程与MvcAttributeRouteHandler相似,一样是要在RouterMiddleware的Invoke里才执行Handler的方法。
以一张思维导图可以简单概括上述的过程。

或者用三句话也可以描述整个流程。
原文:https://www.cnblogs.com/kenwoo/p/9484499.html