If I'm coding in a View in Asp.net MVC and I want to get the current user, is it better to use
Page.User
or
HttpContext.User
Is there a difference?
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A:
Page.User returns this.Context.User which is exactly the same as HttpContext.User, so it makes no difference, both point to the same object in memory. As a side note, I would recommend you not to use either of these in a View Page, let the controller pass the needed data to the view in which case you have a third choise which is the Controller.User property.
Darin Dimitrov
2009-11-28 20:32:00
Why is it not recommended to use Page.User or HttpContext.User and to pass the user info through the controller?
mawaldne
2009-11-28 21:02:55
Because in an MVC model the role of a View is to show data that is being passed by the controller. It is not a view's responsibility to pull data.
Darin Dimitrov
2009-11-28 22:29:47