Move EmptyHttpResult to Http.Abstractions

src/Http/Http.Abstractions/src/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.EndpointFilterInvocationContext
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.EndpointFilterInvocationContext.EndpointFilterInvocationContext() -> void
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.EndpointMetadataCollection.Enumerator.Current.get -> object!
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.EndpointMetadataCollection.GetRequiredMetadata<T>() -> T!
+Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.EmptyHttpResult
+Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.EmptyHttpResult.ExecuteAsync(Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpContext! httpContext) -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task!
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpValidationProblemDetails
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpValidationProblemDetails.Errors.get -> System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary<string!, string![]!>!
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpValidationProblemDetails.HttpValidationProblemDetails() -> void
@@ -91,3 +93,4 @@ Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ProblemDetails.Type.set -> void
 override Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.DefaultEndpointFilterInvocationContext.Arguments.get -> System.Collections.Generic.IList<object?>!
 override Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.DefaultEndpointFilterInvocationContext.GetArgument<T>(int index) -> T
 override Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.DefaultEndpointFilterInvocationContext.HttpContext.get -> Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpContext!
+static Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.EmptyHttpResult.Instance.get -> Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.EmptyHttpResult!

src/Http/Http.Extensions/src/RequestDelegateFactory.cs

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization.Metadata;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Json;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Metadata;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Internal;
@@ -96,11 +97,7 @@ public static partial class RequestDelegateFactory
     private static readonly MemberExpression FormFilesExpr = Expression.Property(FormExpr, typeof(IFormCollection).GetProperty(nameof(IFormCollection.Files))!);
     private static readonly MemberExpression StatusCodeExpr = Expression.Property(HttpResponseExpr, typeof(HttpResponse).GetProperty(nameof(HttpResponse.StatusCode))!);
     private static readonly MemberExpression CompletedTaskExpr = Expression.Property(null, (PropertyInfo)GetMemberInfo<Func<Task>>(() => Task.CompletedTask));
-    // Due to https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/issues/41330 we cannot reference the EmptyHttpResult type
-    // but users still need to assert on it as in https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/issues/45063
-    // so we temporarily work around this here by using reflection to get the actual type.
-    private static readonly object? EmptyHttpResultInstance = Type.GetType("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.EmptyHttpResult, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Results")?.GetProperty("Instance")?.GetValue(null, null);
-    private static readonly NewExpression EmptyHttpResultValueTaskExpr = Expression.New(typeof(ValueTask<object>).GetConstructor(new[] { typeof(IResult) })!, Expression.Constant(EmptyHttpResultInstance));
+    private static readonly NewExpression EmptyHttpResultValueTaskExpr = Expression.New(typeof(ValueTask<object>).GetConstructor(new[] { typeof(EmptyHttpResult) })!, Expression.Property(null, typeof(EmptyHttpResult), nameof(EmptyHttpResult.Instance)));
     private static readonly ParameterExpression TempSourceStringExpr = ParameterBindingMethodCache.TempSourceStringExpr;
     private static readonly BinaryExpression TempSourceStringNotNullExpr = Expression.NotEqual(TempSourceStringExpr, Expression.Constant(null));
     private static readonly BinaryExpression TempSourceStringNullExpr = Expression.Equal(TempSourceStringExpr, Expression.Constant(null));
@@ -397,7 +394,6 @@ private static Expression[] CreateArgumentsAndInferMetadata(MethodInfo methodInf
     private static EndpointFilterDelegate? CreateFilterPipeline(MethodInfo methodInfo, Expression? targetExpression, RequestDelegateFactoryContext factoryContext, Expression<Func<HttpContext, object?>>? targetFactory)
     {
         Debug.Assert(factoryContext.EndpointBuilder.FilterFactories.Count > 0);
-        Debug.Assert(EmptyHttpResultInstance is not null, "The EmptyHttpResult type could not be found.");
         // httpContext.Response.StatusCode >= 400
         // ? Task.CompletedTask
         // : {
@@ -487,7 +483,6 @@ targetExpression is null
 
     private static Expression MapHandlerReturnTypeToValueTask(Expression methodCall, Type returnType)
     {
-        Debug.Assert(EmptyHttpResultInstance is not null, "The EmptyHttpResult type could not be found.");
         if (returnType == typeof(void))
         {
             return Expression.Block(methodCall, EmptyHttpResultValueTaskExpr);
@@ -2209,34 +2204,32 @@ static async Task ExecuteAwaited(ValueTask task)
 
     private static ValueTask<object?> ExecuteTaskWithEmptyResult(Task task)
     {
-        Debug.Assert(EmptyHttpResultInstance is not null, "The EmptyHttpResult type could not be found.");
         static async ValueTask<object?> ExecuteAwaited(Task task)
         {
             await task;
-            return EmptyHttpResultInstance;
+            return EmptyHttpResult.Instance;
         }
 
         if (task.IsCompletedSuccessfully)
         {
-            return new ValueTask<object?>(EmptyHttpResultInstance);
+            return new ValueTask<object?>(EmptyHttpResult.Instance);
         }
 
         return ExecuteAwaited(task);
     }
 
     private static ValueTask<object?> ExecuteValueTaskWithEmptyResult(ValueTask valueTask)
     {
-        Debug.Assert(EmptyHttpResultInstance is not null, "The EmptyHttpResult type could not be found.");
         static async ValueTask<object?> ExecuteAwaited(ValueTask task)
         {
             await task;
-            return EmptyHttpResultInstance;
+            return EmptyHttpResult.Instance;
         }
 
         if (valueTask.IsCompletedSuccessfully)
         {
             valueTask.GetAwaiter().GetResult();
-            return new ValueTask<object?>(EmptyHttpResultInstance);
+            return new ValueTask<object?>(EmptyHttpResult.Instance);
         }
 
         return ExecuteAwaited(valueTask);

src/Http/Http.Results/src/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+
+[assembly: TypeForwardedTo(typeof(Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.EmptyHttpResult))]

src/Http/Http.Results/src/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 #nullable enable
+*REMOVED*Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.EmptyHttpResult
+*REMOVED*Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.EmptyHttpResult.ExecuteAsync(Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpContext! httpContext) -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task!
+*REMOVED*static Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.EmptyHttpResult.Instance.get -> Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.EmptyHttpResult!
+Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.EmptyHttpResult (forwarded, contained in Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Abstractions)
+Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.EmptyHttpResult.ExecuteAsync(Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpContext! httpContext) -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task! (forwarded, contained in Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Abstractions)
+static Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.EmptyHttpResult.Instance.get -> Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.EmptyHttpResult! (forwarded, contained in Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Abstractions)
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.Accepted
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.Accepted.ExecuteAsync(Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpContext! httpContext) -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task!
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.Accepted.Location.get -> string?
@@ -62,8 +68,6 @@ Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.CreatedAtRoute<TValue>.RouteName.get -> st
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.CreatedAtRoute<TValue>.RouteValues.get -> Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.RouteValueDictionary!
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.CreatedAtRoute<TValue>.StatusCode.get -> int
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.CreatedAtRoute<TValue>.Value.get -> TValue?
-Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.EmptyHttpResult
-Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.EmptyHttpResult.ExecuteAsync(Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpContext! httpContext) -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task!
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.FileContentHttpResult
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.FileContentHttpResult.ContentType.get -> string!
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.FileContentHttpResult.EnableRangeProcessing.get -> bool
@@ -234,7 +238,6 @@ Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.VirtualFileHttpResult.FileLength.get -> lo
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.VirtualFileHttpResult.FileName.get -> string!
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.VirtualFileHttpResult.LastModified.get -> System.DateTimeOffset?
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.TypedResults
-static Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.EmptyHttpResult.Instance.get -> Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.EmptyHttpResult!
 static Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Results.Bytes(System.ReadOnlyMemory<byte> contents, string? contentType = null, string? fileDownloadName = null, bool enableRangeProcessing = false, System.DateTimeOffset? lastModified = null, Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers.EntityTagHeaderValue? entityTag = null) -> Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.IResult!
 static Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Results.Empty.get -> Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.IResult!
 static Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Results.Stream(System.Func<System.IO.Stream!, System.Threading.Tasks.Task!>! streamWriterCallback, string? contentType = null, string? fileDownloadName = null, System.DateTimeOffset? lastModified = null, Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers.EntityTagHeaderValue? entityTag = null) -> Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.IResult!

src/Http/Routing/src/RequestDelegateFilterPipelineBuilder.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization.Metadata;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Json;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Internal;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
@@ -13,11 +14,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing;
 
 internal static class RequestDelegateFilterPipelineBuilder
 {
-    // Due to https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/issues/41330 we cannot reference the EmptyHttpResult type
-    // but users still need to assert on it as in https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/issues/45063
-    // so we temporarily work around this here by using reflection to get the actual type.
-    private static readonly object? EmptyHttpResultInstance = Type.GetType("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResults.EmptyHttpResult, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Results")?.GetProperty("Instance")?.GetValue(null, null);
-
     public static RequestDelegate Create(RequestDelegate requestDelegate, RequestDelegateFactoryOptions options)
     {
         Debug.Assert(options.EndpointBuilder != null);
@@ -35,12 +31,11 @@ public static RequestDelegate Create(RequestDelegate requestDelegate, RequestDel
 
         EndpointFilterDelegate filteredInvocation = async (EndpointFilterInvocationContext context) =>
         {
-            Debug.Assert(EmptyHttpResultInstance != null, "Unable to get EmptyHttpResult instance via reflection.");
             if (context.HttpContext.Response.StatusCode < 400)
             {
                 await requestDelegate(context.HttpContext);
             }
-            return EmptyHttpResultInstance;
+            return EmptyHttpResult.Instance;
         };
 
         var initialFilteredInvocation = filteredInvocation;