IHttpApplication Interface

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03/09/2018

Retrieves application-specific configuration information.

Syntax

class IHttpApplication

Methods

The following table lists the methods exposed by the IHttpApplication interface.

Name	Description
GetAppConfigPath	Retrieves the application configuration path.
GetApplicationId	Retrieves the identifying application path for the current request.
GetApplicationPhysicalPath	Retrieves the physical path of the application for the current request.
GetModuleContextContainer	Returns the module context container for the application.

Derived Classes

Name	Description
IGlobalApplicationPreloadProvider2	Provides information about whether an application’s worker process is recycled.

Remarks

HTTP modules can use the IHttpApplication interface to retrieve configuration information for an application. Specifically, the GetAppConfigPath method returns the configuration path for an application, the GetApplicationId method returns the unique identity path for an application, and the GetApplicationPhysicalPath method returns the physical path for the root folder of an application.

HTTP modules can retrieve an IHttpApplication interface by using the IGlobalThreadCleanupProvider::GetApplication, IHttpApplicationProvider::GetApplication, and IHttpContext::GetApplication methods.

Requirements

Type	Description
Client	- IIS 7.0 on Windows Vista - IIS 7.5 on Windows 7 - IIS 8.0 on Windows 8 - IIS 10.0 on Windows 10
Server	- IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008 - IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2 - IIS 8.0 on Windows Server 2012 - IIS 8.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2 - IIS 10.0 on Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview
Product	- IIS 7.0, IIS 7.5, IIS 8.0, IIS 8.5, IIS 10.0 - IIS Express 7.5, IIS Express 8.0, IIS Express 10.0
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