How to get SPWebApplication for current request in HttpModule?

Question

How can I get the SPWebApplication for the current request from Init method in a HttpModule?

Answer 1

Is SPContext.Current not yet available at this time? You should be able to get it from this. (SPContext.Current.Site.WebApplication from the top of my head)

Be careful though as this will call into the SharePoint object model for each incoming request, which will most likely hit the database as well. This may wreak havoc on performance and scalability.

Answer 2

What about

SPSite site = new SPSite(YOUR_SITE_COLLECTION_URL);
var webApp = site.WebApplication;

I didn't have a reason to use this, so I don't know if it works, it's just an ideea. Try it, hope it helps

Answer 3

 public void Init(HttpApplication application)
    {
        //This is the first event that has SPContext populated for use
        application.PreRequestHandlerExecute += new EventHandler(application_PreRequestHandlerExecute);

    }

Then in the application_PreRequestHandlerExceute you can access SPContext.Current.