Inject ServiceLocator in Validator - zend-framework2

Question

How can I inject the "normal" ServiceManger into a custom validator used for REST calls (Use without Form). ZF 2.2.7 Used to inject an instance of external library into an validator.
I have tried the following, and nothing works:
Inject it with the ValidationPluginManager, service not found
Inject it via factory, factory will not be loaded in validator chain
Inject it via validator options, not possible because the "ServiceManager" is an instance of ValidationPluginManager with the asme result as mentioned in #1
Is there any concept how to solve this problem, or do i have to give up and link all libraries statically?

Answer 1

Not tested this and have never done with with ValidationPluginManager but works with ControllerManager, FormElementManager etc
// GetServiceLocator call should return Instance of ServiceManager
// Then retrieve the service, Yay!
$validationPluginManager->getServiceLocator()->get('SomeService')

Answer 2

There has been a discussion on github about a somewhat similar problem here. They suggested to use Zend\Form\FormAbstractServiceFactory and tinker with dependencies there (weierophinney before closing the topic).
In your post you mention you are not using a form did you mean you are not using the form in a classic kind of way or are you bypassing the whole form in particular?
It simply seems off to me to use a validator if there isn't a form present. Could you elaborate more on that?
EDIT: To my understanding zf2 requires that your input filters have form elements like 'inputs' etc. You did not post any code and I simply do not know if/or your able to bypass this somehow. I still do not understand why you'd still want to use validators in combination of input filters. I would simply skip the input filters and write the custom validator.
My personal preferences is to write factories instead of anonymous functions within module.php files. But this also could work the anonymous function way.
I would then simply resolve the dependencies within the customValidatorFactory and get the factory within my controller or whatever place I would need it.
use Zend\ServiceManager\FactoryInterface;
use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorInterface;
use CustomValidator;
class CustomValidatorFactory implements FactoryInterface
{
/**
* Create Service Factory
*
* #param ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator
*/
public function createService(ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator)
{
$sm = $serviceLocator->getServiceLocator();
$customService = $sm->get('Application\Service\Geocoding');
$validator= new CustomValidator();
$validator->setCustomService($service);
return $validator;
}
}
// CustomValidator.php
class CustomValidator extends Zend\Validator\AbstractValidator
{
public function setCustomService($service)
{
$this->service = $service;
}
public function isValid($value)
{
$customService = $this->service;
if ($customService->customMethod() == true) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
}
//module-config.php
'service_manager' => array(
'factories' => array(
'custom\ValidatorFactory' => 'Namespace\To\CustomValidatorFactory',
),
),
//yourController or whatever.php will require access to the service manager
$customValidation = $sm->get('custom\ValidatorFactory');
// should return true or false now
$state = $customValidation->isValid($someValue);