Session null in ASP.Net MVC Controller Constructors

Question

Why is Session null in the constructors of Controllers? It can be accessed from Action methods. Presumably, because the MVC Routing framework is responsible for newing-up a

Answer 1

If you are using an IoC Container, try injecting and using the HttpSessionStateBase instead of the Session object:

private static Container defaultContainer()
{
    return new Container(ioc =>
    {
        // session manager setup
        ioc.For()
           .Use(ctx => new HttpSessionStateWrapper(HttpContext.Current.Session)); 
    });
}