Access service context in timer job

Question

I have custom claims provider which uses user profile service to get some data when resolving claims for user. I'm creating UserProfileManager this way:

private UserProfileManager UserProfileManager
        {
            get
            {
                if (_upm == null)
                {
                    SPServiceContext serviceContext = SPServiceContext.Current;                    
                    _upm = new UserProfileManager(serviceContext);
                }
                return _upm;
            }
        }

It works when I'm using gui for user management, because SPServiceContext.Current is present. I also have a timer job which performs some operation on user permissions, so it also uses my custom claim provider. The problem is, that there is no SPServiceContext.Current in OWSTIMER process and I can't create UserProfileManager instance.

How can I obtain service context for UserProfileManager in timer job (OWSTIMER process)?

Answer 1

Here is how you get SPServiceContext:

public void UserProfileSample()
{
    //get current service context
    string websiteUrl = "http://SampleName";
    SPSite site = new SPSite(strUrl);
    SPServiceContext serviceContext = SPServiceContext.GetContext(site);

   //initialize user profile config manager object
   UserProfileManager upm = new UserProfileManager(serviceContext);

}

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