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c#.netsessionaccessor
Chris McKee
Chris McKee

Reputation: 4387

Method to access/set a session object in C# .net

I currently have the following code:

public MyObject SessionStore
{
    get
    {
        if (Session["MyData"] == null)
            Session["MyData"] = new MyObject();

        return (MyData) Session["MyData"]; 
    }

    set 
    { 
        Session["MyData"] = (MyObject) value; 
    }
}

I access it using SessionStore.ThePropertyIWant

I set it using SessionStore = SessionStore

This works; but is there a better way of accomplishing the same thing?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6327

Answers (2)

WraithNath
WraithNath

Reputation: 18013

SessionStore is fine but you could end up with alot of properties. I tend to add protected properties to base bases and access from there.

eg:

/// <summary>
/// Gets or Sets the Current Order Line
/// </summary>
protected OrderLine CurrentOrderLine
{
    get
    {
        if (Session["CurrentOrderLine"] == null)
        {
            Session["CurrentOrderLine"] = new OrderLine(this.CurrentOrder);
        }

        return Session["CurrentOrderLine"] as OrderLine;
    }
    set
    {
        Session["CurrentOrderLine"] = value;
    }
}

then it would appear as a property on your page if you inheriet from it.

Upvotes: 1

mathieu
mathieu

Reputation: 31192

You don't need to cast in the setter, and can make the getter more concise :

public MyData SessionStore
{
    get { return (MyData)(Session["MyData"]) ?? new MyData(); }
    set { Session["MyData"] = value; }
}

Upvotes: 1

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