User control in custom list item edit - when can I see content type of item?

Question

I have a user control I'm using to edit new list items. In my Page_Load event, I am trying to retrieve the Content Type of the new item to use in further logic. But, I'm getting a null reference when I try to reference the content type. Am I going about this wrong? Here's my code:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    SPContext context = SPContext.Current;

    SPListItem currentItem = context.ListItem;
    SPContentType currentCType = currentItem.ContentType;
    // Do some other logic
}

Answer 1

Try getting the ContentTypeId first (using currentItem["ContentTypeId"], then retrieve the ContentType from the List.ContentTypes collection.