How do i get a field value inside a custom Struts Validator, when the field’s type is FormFile?

[Sergio del Amo Caballero]

I am using struts 1.3.8 and I have a form field of type
org.apache.struts.upload.FormFile. I would like to validate the
field's size with a custom struts validator. To get the field's value,
i have used for a text field the next code:

String value = ValidatorUtils.getValueAsString(bean,field.getProperty());

However, how do i get the value for a FormFile field? I would like to
get the value as a FormFile object.

FormFile myFile = (FormFile) // TODO

Next i post the involved file's snippets.

# struts-config.xml

<!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD
Struts Configuration 1.2//EN"
"http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/struts-config_1_2.dtd";>
<struts-config>
    <form-beans>
        <form-bean name="ChangePictureForm"
type="struts.administration.ChangePictureForm">
                <form-property name="id" type="java.lang.String" />
                <form-property name="file"
type="org.apache.struts.upload.FormFile" />
        </form-bean>
    </form-beans>
...
..
.

## validator-rules.xml

 <!-- User Custom Validation Rules -->
    <validator name="size"
                classname="struts.StrutsValidator"
                method="validateSize"
                methodParams="java.lang.Object,
                                        org.apache.commons.validator.Validator,

org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction,
                                        org.apache.commons.validator.Field,
                                        org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages,
                                        javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest"
                depends=""
                msg="errors.size"/>

# StrutsValidator.java

package struts;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import org.apache.commons.validator.Field;
import org.apache.commons.validator.Validator;
import org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages;
import org.apache.struts.upload.FormFile;
import org.apache.struts.validator.Resources;

public class StrutsValidator {
    public static boolean validateSize (
                Object bean,
                Validator validator,
                ValidatorAction validatorAction,
                Field field,
                ActionMessages errors,
                HttpServletRequest request) {

         FormFile myFile = null; //TODO (FormFile) get it from somewhere

        String type = field.getVarValue("type");
        int size = myFile.getFileSize();

        // MySQL Storage Requirements
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/storage-requirements.html
        int allowed_size = 65538; //Blob L + 2 bytes, where L <  2 ^ 16
        if(type.equalsIgnoreCase("tinyblob")) {
                allowed_size = 257; // L + 1 bytes, where L <  2 ^ 8
        } else if(type.equalsIgnoreCase("mediumblog")) {
                allowed_size = 16777219; // 16 Mb - L + 3 bytes, where
L <  2 ^ 24
        } else if(type.equalsIgnoreCase("longblob")) {
                allowed_size = 16777219; // 4096 Mb - L + 4 bytes,
where L <  2 ^ 32
        }
        try {
                if(size>=allowed_size) {

errors.add(field.getKey(),Resources.getActionMessage(validator,request,validatorAction,field));
                        return false;
                }
        } catch (Exception e) {

errors.add(field.getKey(),Resources.getActionMessage(validator,request,validatorAction,field));
                        return false;
        }
        return true;
    }
}

validation.xml

<!DOCTYPE form-validation PUBLIC "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD
Commons Validator Rules Configuration 1.0//EN"
"http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/dtds/validator_1_3_0.dtd";>
<form-validation>
    <formset>
    <form name="ChangePictureForm">
         <field property="file" depends="required,size">
                <arg0 key="file" />
            <arg1 name="type" key="${var:type}" resource="false" />
            <var>
               <var-name>type</var-name>
               <var-value>blob</var-value>
            </var>
         </field>
     </form>
    </formset>
</form-validation>

Thanks in advanced for the help.

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