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Asked: 2026-05-12T08:13:22+00:00

I’m building an application that roughly follows the repository pattern with a service layer

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I’m building an application that roughly follows the repository pattern with a service layer on top, similar to early versions of Conery’s MVC Storefront.

I need to implement a page that returns all users except for the current user. I already have GetUsers() methods on the repository and service layers, so the question is where to apply the “except for the current user.”

Should the service layer be aware of HttpContext, thus applying this rule? I am tempted to just pass in the current user (id) from the controller to this service method, but it seems cleaner if the service layer was HttpContext-aware and could do this on its own.

One obvious alternative is to apply this rule directly within the Controller, but I’m just not hot on that idea…

Edit – just to comment on the answers: I see the issues with the reverse dependency problem, something I was completely overlooking. I’m marking Mehrdad’s as the answer due votes, but everyone has really provided a valuable response worth reading!

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  1. Editorial Team

    Absolutely not. My mindset in designing these kind of things is like this: I assume I need to write a Windows based app along with the Web application and try to minimize dependency on Web specific stuff. Passing HttpContext directly will increase coupling of your service layer to your Web UI layer which is not ideal.

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