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What are Filters and why are they important?

Senior .NET Core
Quick Answer Filters are pipeline hooks for cross-cutting concerns. Authorization Filters run first and can short-circuit unauthenticated requests. Action Filters run before/after the action รขโ‚ฌโ€ log parameters, validate headers. Result Filters wrap result execution รขโ‚ฌโ€ modify output. Exception Filters handle unhandled exceptions from actions. All can be scoped globally, per-controller, or per-action.

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Filters run at specific pipeline stages: Authorization, Resource, Action, Exception, and Result filters. They implement cross-cutting concerns like logging, caching, or auditing.

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