Render View as String ASP.NET MVC 3/4

using System.IO;
using System.Web.Mvc;

public class RenderRazorViewToString
{
 #region Render

 public string Render( Controller controller, string viewName, object model )
 {
 controller.ViewData.Model = model;

 using ( var sw = new StringWriter() )
 {
 var viewResult = ViewEngines.Engines.FindPartialView(controller.ControllerContext, viewName);
 var viewContext = new ViewContext(controller.ControllerContext, viewResult.View, controller.ViewData, controller.TempData, sw);
 viewResult.View.Render(viewContext, sw);
 viewResult.ViewEngine.ReleaseView(controller.ControllerContext, viewResult.View);
 return sw.GetStringBuilder().ToString();
 }
 }

 #endregion
}

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