.net - How determine if application is web application

Question

In a core assembly, which is run both in a windows service, and in a web application, I need to store information per user session. The service will have a single user session, and the web application uses HttpContext.Current.

I want to configure which method to use within the core assembly - convention over configuration. I want to do this only once, and I believe HttpContext.Current will be null when run from Application_Start.

How can I reliably determine if the application is a web application?

Answer 1

if(HttpRuntime.AppDomainAppId != null)
{
  //is web app
}
else
{
  //is windows app
}