What is HttpContext State?

[ad]

I find a line in a Web application like:
myString=(string)HttpContext.Current.Items["aString"];

I used to use
myString=(string)Application["aString"];
or
myString=(string)ViewState["aString"];

I know about the difference about Application state and ViewState.
But what is the HttpContext statae?

 

[Matt Berther]

Hello ad,

HttpContext.Current is the HttpContext associated with the current request.
The Items property on this object is a collection that you can use to pass
things around for the currently executing request *only*.

So, Application is global to the entire application. ViewState is for the
current page. Session is for the current session. Finally Items is for the
current request.

 

[John Timney \(ASP.NET MVP\)]

Simply put - its the current request passing through the asp.net pipeline
and the objects that form the request, viewstate etc. forms part of the
request in this context....

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Regards

John Timney
ASP.NET MVP
Microsoft Regional Director

 

[Karl Seguin]

Ad, I'll answer in both threads

Scott Allen's article on it:
http://odetocode.com/Articles/111.aspx

and mine:
http://openmymind.net/index.aspx?documentId=6#context

Karl