Defining a User with User.Identity.Name in controller constructor

Question

For my actions that are going to interact with the User\'s account, I would like to create a \"TheUser\" object in addition to adding that object to \"ViewData[\"TheUser\"]\" as

Answer 1

I created a custom base Controller class and added a "CurrentUser" property to it.

In the Initialize method, I placed the logic to get the user and then add it to the ViewData and the "CurrentUser" property of the controller.

I had my controllers inherit the custom base Controller class and I was able to reference "CurrentUser" variable anywhere in the controller:

public class CustomControllerClass : Controller
{
    public User CurrentUser { get; set; }

    protected override void Initialize(RequestContext requestContext)
    {
        base.Initialize(requestContext);

        if (requestContext.HttpContext.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
        {
            string userName = requestContext.HttpContext.User.Identity.Name;
            CurrentUser = UserRepository.GetUser(userName);
        }

        ViewData["CurrentUser"] = CurrentUser;                
    }
}