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title: "What are the main features of ASP.NET MVC 4 used by ASP.NET Web API?"  
description: "What are the main features of ASP.NET MVC 4 used by ASP.NET Web API?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2014-10-10  
updated: 2020-09-16  
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# What are the main features of ASP.NET MVC 4 used by ASP.NET Web API?

- **Routing changes:** ASP.NET Web API uses same convention for config mapping that ASP.NET MVC provides.
- **Model Binding & Validation:** ASP.NET Web API uses same model binding functionality, but HTTP specific context related operations only.
- **Filters:** The ASP.NET Web API uses most of built-in filters from MVC.
- **Unit Testing****:** Now Unit testing based on MVC, strongly unit testable.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

- **Routing changes:** ASP.NET Web API uses same convention for config mapping that ASP.NET MVC provides.
- **Model Binding & Validation:** ASP.NET Web API uses same model binding functionality, but HTTP specific context related operations only.
- **Filters:** The ASP.NET Web API uses most of built-in filters from MVC.
- **Unit Testing****:** Now Unit testing based on MVC, strongly unit testable.


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