Add Session Extensions

Sessions/SessionExtensions.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace EFB.Sessions
+{
+    public static class SessionExtensions
+    {
+        public static void SetObject(this ISession session, string key, object value)
+        {//Sets the object of a session to Object
+            session.SetString(key, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(value));
+        }
+
+        public static T GetObject<T>(this ISession session, string key)
+        {//Gets a session of known type (T)
+            var value = session.GetString(key);
+            return value == null ? default(T) : JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(value);
+        }
+    }
+}

Startup.cs

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ namespace EFB
         public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
             services.AddControllersWithViews();
+            services.AddSession();
         }
 
         // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ namespace EFB
 
             app.UseRouting();
 
+            app.UseSession();
+
             app.UseAuthorization();
 
             app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>