access Bean from Validator class

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Hello to all,

is it possible to access a Bean from validation method of a validator Class?
I usually use ApplicationContext ctx = WebApplicationContextUtils.getRequiredWebApplicati onContext(request.getSession().getServletContext() );
and then
UserDAOImpl udao = (UserDAOImpl) ctx.getBean("UserDAO");

but in Validator i dont have request object.

Thank you in advance.

Alexandros