ADF Utility : Find UIComponent from Managed Bean

Many a times, it is required to find an UIComponent from ADF managed bean, to do something with it, for example : change the value of an af:outputText, change readOnly property of an af:inputText etc.

    private UIComponent getUIComponent(String id) { 
       
        FacesContext facesCtx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(); 
        return findComponent(facesCtx.getViewRoot(), id);
    } 
   
    private UIComponent findComponent(UIComponent base, String id) {
       
        if (id.equals(base.getId())) {
            return base;
        }

        UIComponent children = null;
        UIComponent result = null;
        Iterator childrens = base.getFacetsAndChildren();
        while (childrens.hasNext() && (result == null)) {
            children = (UIComponent)childrens.next();
            if (id.equals(children.getId())) {
                result = children;
                break;
            }
            result = findComponent(children, id);
            if (result != null) {
                break;
            }
        }
        return result;
    }

This will search from the UI view root for all elements until it finds the UIComponent of the same ID.

NOTE : This is widely available in ADF community, I just wanted to make this available for those we are only looking for this utility.