getOriginalFilename() in validate()

[4had]

Hi,

I'm a Spring Newbie and my first task is to upload a file from a web form, validate the values in the file and then put these data into a database. So, the most things are working already, but I have a problem with resolving the filename in my validation class.

I know there is the possibility to resolve the filename in the Controller like this:

FileUploadController:

protected ModelAndView onSubmit(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Object command, BindException errors) 
throws ServletException, IOException {
   MultipartHttpServletRequest multipartRequest = (MultipartHttpServletRequest) request; 
   CommonsMultipartFile fileinp = (CommonsMultipartFile) multipartRequest.getFile("file");
   String filename = fileinp.getOriginalFilename();
[...]

but i need the filename in my Validator and the Validator is called before the Controller gets in action.

[...]-servlet.xml:

    <bean id="fileUploadController" class="[...].FileUploadController">
        <property name="sessionForm"><value>true</value></property>
        <property name="commandName"><value>fileUploadBean</value></property> 
        <property name="commandClass"><value>[...].FileUploadBean</value></property>
        <property name="formView"><value>upload</value></property>
        <property name="validator">
            <ref bean="queryValidator"/>
        </property>
        <property name="queryManager">
            <ref bean="queryMan"/>
        </property>
    </bean>

QueryValidator.java:

public void validate(Object obj, Errors errors) {
// no request... -> no getOriginalFilename() ???
[...]

Thanks for any help,
4had

[Cowboy Bob]

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QueryValidator.java:

public void validate(Object obj, Errors errors) {
// no request... -> no getOriginalFilename() ???
[...]

Thanks for any help,
4had

You should be using a MultipartFile as the field in your command object. See my answer here - http://forum.springframework.org/showthread.php?t=19917

Bob