What is the best way to determine a session variable is null or empty in C#?

Question

What is the best way to check for the existence of a session variable in ASP.NET C#?

I like to use String.IsNullOrEmpty() works for strings and wonder

Answer 1

Checking for nothing/Null is the way to do it.

Dealing with object types is not the way to go. Declare a strict type and try to cast the object to the correct type. (And use cast hint or Convert)

 private const string SESSION_VAR = "myString";
 string sSession;
 if (Session[SESSION_VAR] != null)
 {
     sSession = (string)Session[SESSION_VAR];
 }
 else
 {
     sSession = "set this";
     Session[SESSION_VAR] = sSession;
 }

Sorry for any syntax violations, I am a daily VB'er