How to set ServiceHostingEnvironment.AspNetCompatibilityEnabled = true in Code (not in config) .NET/C#

Question

I have a requirement to access the HttpContext.Current from with-in a RESTful WCF service. I know I am able to achieve this by adding the following to config:

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Answer 1

After digging around with Reflector, I was able to set the AspNetCompatibilityEnabled flag using reflection. This approach has obvious drawbacks, but it did the job for me:

        // get the ServiceHostingEnvironmentSection by calling an internal static method
        var section = (ServiceHostingEnvironmentSection)typeof(ServiceHostingEnvironmentSection).GetMethod("UnsafeGetSection", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Static).Invoke(null, null);
        // set the read-only flag to false so values can be updated
        typeof(ServiceHostingEnvironmentSection).BaseType.BaseType.GetField("_bReadOnly", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic).SetValue(section, false);
        // set the AspNetCompatibilityEnabled value
        section.AspNetCompatibilityEnabled = true;

        // now one can add a Service Route
        routes.Add(new ServiceRoute("MyRoutePrefix", new ServiceHostFactory(), typeof(MyService)));