Using findComponent() method in prerender()?

The findComponent(String name) method is throwing NullPointerException when used in prerender(). Could anyone suggest me any alternative for this?Thank you.
[191 byte] By [MISS_DUKEa] at [2007-11-27 4:16:23]
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Hi Miss Duke,Look for my response in this thread: http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?forumID=881&threadID=5101630
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