ASP.NET MVC custom view engine - what is "{1}"

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I'm having trouble finding a place where this is explained clearly.

If I have a custom view engine in my ASP.NET MVC project like this (example - I've seen this pattern used in other examples, as well):

public class ProjViewEngine : RazorViewEngine
{
    public ProjViewEngine()
    {
        //add new locations for the engine to look for partial views/editor templates
        base.PartialViewLocationFormats = new string[] 
        {
            // Record Partials
            "~/Views/Foo/{0}.cshtml",
            "~/Views/Foo/{1}/{0}.cshtml",
        }.Union(base.PartialViewLocationFormats).ToArray<string>();
    }
}

I understand when the BarController (for example) has a method that returns PartialView("_Bar", model), it finds the view at "~/Views/Foo/_Bar.cshtml".

I don't understand how/where {1} will get its value in "~/Views/Foo/{1}/{0}.cshtml".

The PartialView method can only take a string view name and an object model. There's no way to specify a second string parameter.

Is it part of the routing then? From the controller name?

They are the route parameters. `0` is View, `1` controller, and `2` area. — Christian Gollhardt, Oct 19 '22 at 18:17
Ah, thank you @ChristianGollhardt, that makes a lot of sense. — CarenRose, Oct 20 '22 at 21:59
After seeing it again, `0` is `action` . If you return `PartialView(model)` (Note we have not set a view name) from `Bar` Action Method in `AwesomeController` it will resolve `~/Views/Foo/Awesome/Bar.cshtml` — Christian Gollhardt, Oct 20 '22 at 22:13

ASP.NET MVC custom view engine - what is "{1}"

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