Find if request is child action request before controller context is available

In a simple mvc 4 app I installed Ninject.MVC3 nuget package. This is my controller, very basic, ISomeClass is being injected in the constructor by ninject. ``` public class HomeController : Controller { private readonly ISomeClass _someClass; public HomeController(ISomeClass someclass) { _someClass = someclass; } public ActionResult Index() { return View(); } [ChildActionOnly] public PartialViewResult MiniView() { return PartialView("miniview", _someClass.GetName()); } } ``` This is SomeClass ``` public class SomeClass : ISomeClass { private readonly string _someName; public SomeClass(string someName) { _someName = someName; } public string GetName() { return _someName; } } ``` In Index.cshtml view I have ``` @{ Html.RenderAction("MiniView","Home"); } ``` Now in NinjectWebCommon when I go to register the service I need to know if the request was a child action request or not. Like when I call `Html.RenderAction`. This is what I am trying but it is not working. ``` kernel.Bind<ISomeClass>().To<SomeClass>() .WithConstructorArgument("someName", c => IsChildAction(c) ? "Child" : "Nope"); ``` IsChildAction method - Always returns false. ``` private static bool IsChildAction(Ninject.Activation.IContext c) { var handler = HttpContext.Current.Handler; /*Cant do this, ChildActionMvcHandler is internal*/ return handler is System.Web.Mvc.Html.ChildActionExtensions.ChildActionMvcHandler; //OR //This is how ControllerContext.IsChildAction gets its value in System.Web.Mvc but //RouteData.DataTokens is empty for me return ((MvcHandler)handler).RequestContext.RouteData.DataTokens .ContainsKey("ParentActionViewContext"); } ``` Any ideas if this can be done? ps: this is not actual code, just trying something. Is this something I should definately not do? Why?