HttpApplicationState not available in an MVC controller

Question

Hi,

I'm using MVC2 and VS2010 developing a website and need to use Application State global values. I can set a value like 'Application["hits"]=0;' in Global.asax but when trying to use the same in an MVC controller always get the following error:

The name 'Application' does not exist in the current context

I have also tried using in the Global.asax in order to define a global variable but it triggers the following error:

A namespace cannot directly contain members such as fields or methods

I'm looking for a way to define global Application State values that are available within all controllers of my MVC2 web application. Am I omitting something? My controller looks like this:

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Web; using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace MVCApplication.Controllers { [HandleError] public class HomeController : Controller { public ActionResult Index() { Application["hits"] += 1;

        ViewData["Message"] = "Welcome to ASP.NET MVC!";
        return View();
    }

}

}

I appreciate any solutions and/or suggestions.

Thanks Mehrdad

Answer 1

You could use a static class with an internal dictionary and an indexer.

Also, have you tried HttpContext.Current.Application?