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How do I access the HttpContext from the abstract base controller?

I created an abstract controller class ( ApplicationController

) to handle some custom authentication, but it HttpContext

doesn't initialize when the code is called.

public abstract class ApplicationController : Controller
{
    public ApplicationController()        
    {
        string myuser = HttpContext.User.Identity.Name; // NullReferenceException
    }
}
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Yassir is correct about the use of protected constructors in abstract classes. But you're right that it doesn't solve your problem - the HttpContext is still not populated, but you are getting null reference exceptions.

Anyway, the solution is simple - override the controller's Initialize method:



protected override void Initialize(System.Web.Routing.RequestContext requestContext)
{
    string myuser = this.User.Identity.Name;
    base.Initialize(requestContext);
}
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try to make yours protected.

public abstract class ApplicationController : Controller 
{
    protected ApplicationController()
    {
        string myuser = this.User.Identity.Name;
    } 
}


also make sure you don't miss it with the directive:

using System.Web.Mvc;
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