Feature Event has 'null' objects

Question

public class Feature1EventReceiver : SPFeatureReceiver
{

    public override void FeatureInstalled(SPFeatureReceiverProperties properties)
    {

        string sContextNull = (SPContext.Current == null) ? "Context is NULL" : "Context is OK";
        string sFeatureNull = (properties.Feature == null) ? "Feature is NULL" : "Feature is OK";

        // Some code here
        ...
        ...
    {
}

The feature has successfully installed (without error in logs). My problem is that sContextNull always returns "Context is NULL". And sFeatureNull always returns "Feature is NULL" too. Is there a way to get not null values of SPContext.Current and properties.Feature?

Another method FeatureActivated returns Context is NULL and Feature is OK. WTF?

Answer 1

SPContext.Current

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.spcontext.current.aspx

Gets the context of the current HTTP request in Microsoft SharePoint Foundation.

SPFeatureReceiver.FeatureInstalled is executing when a feature is installed into a farm, which is done with a deploy/install command from stsadm or powershell, which then usually triggers the timer job to do the work. At this point there is no HTTP request, so SPContext.Current returns null.