JDeveloper 11.1.2.3, ADF Faces: need declarative component idea for table

Question

Some background:
I'm trying to create a reusable toolbar for standard af:table behavior, see screen shot
http://wesfang.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/dc.jpg
I got the idea from the from using documentation Frank has published in the past
1. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/adf/learnmore/001-access-declarative-comp-attr-169113.pdf
2. Adding a new row programatically
The consuming subsystem's page passes in a "MyPageBean" which is a subclass of a "ArchBean" where all actionlistener operations are defined. The idea here is to minimize developer customization when using this component.
... <f:facet name="toolbar">             <af:toolbar id="t2">                 <mskcc:basicTransactionToolbar id="btt1" pageBean="#{MyPageBean}" tableId="t1"/>             </af:toolbar> </f:facet> ...
The table within the consuming page is by default dropped off as a "editable" table. The developer needs to further modify the "disable" attribute to true for all the input fields and command components within the table. I would like to remove this developer step and instead have it in an architectural component. All ideas are welcome.

Answer 1

Ok, finally got it working (sort of)
Using the following method as you suggested:
public void encodeChildren(FacesContext fc){
        try {          
            super.encodeChildren(fc);
            RichTable table =
                (RichTable)ADFFacesUtil.findComponentInRoot((String)this.getAttributes().get("tableId"));
            lockUnlockTable(table); //method for toggling disable attribute for all command and input components
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
}Now the strange problem I encountered is that the encode methods are not called if the declarative component is defined within a panelCollection's f:facet-toolbar like below:
<f:facet name="toolbar">
                    <mskcc:basicTransactionToolbar id="btt1" tableId="t1" pageBean="#{TestBean}"/>
</f:facet>Also the above code has to be manually created because the design time editor does not allow me to drop off the dc within the toolbar facet (even though the dc is a toolbar!)
Instead, If I move the dc outside the panelcollection, then the encode methods are invoked and the desired enable/disable behavior is correctly displayed.