So the problem is that i want to write a genric validator that doesn't know of the id's you might want to use within your page, but only the meaning of those id, so u can have multiple zipcode checks within the same page without altering your validator.
Ah, I see. Since the address validator is inherently related to the address fields, I think the best way to encapsulate this would be as a custom component that programatically adds the inputText fields for the street, zip, etc, keeping a reference to each as a class field. In the custom component, you could override the validate() method with your business logic. Happy New Year! /dmc
