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Tip revision: c92220a5f94043782d6b0eb7e86866192aaab7e3 authored by Andrew Kushnir on 17 May 2023, 18:27:43 UTC
release: cut the v16.0.2 release
Tip revision: c92220a
element_ref.ts
/**
 * @license
 * Copyright Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
 * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
 */

import {TNode} from '../render3/interfaces/node';
import {RElement} from '../render3/interfaces/renderer_dom';
import {LView} from '../render3/interfaces/view';
import {getCurrentTNode, getLView} from '../render3/state';
import {getNativeByTNode} from '../render3/util/view_utils';

/**
 * Creates an ElementRef from the most recent node.
 *
 * @returns The ElementRef instance to use
 */
export function injectElementRef(): ElementRef {
  return createElementRef(getCurrentTNode()!, getLView());
}

/**
 * Creates an ElementRef given a node.
 *
 * @param tNode The node for which you'd like an ElementRef
 * @param lView The view to which the node belongs
 * @returns The ElementRef instance to use
 */
export function createElementRef(tNode: TNode, lView: LView): ElementRef {
  return new ElementRef(getNativeByTNode(tNode, lView) as RElement);
}

/**
 * A wrapper around a native element inside of a View.
 *
 * An `ElementRef` is backed by a render-specific element. In the browser, this is usually a DOM
 * element.
 *
 * @security Permitting direct access to the DOM can make your application more vulnerable to
 * XSS attacks. Carefully review any use of `ElementRef` in your code. For more detail, see the
 * [Security Guide](https://g.co/ng/security).
 *
 * @publicApi
 */
// Note: We don't expose things like `Injector`, `ViewContainer`, ... here,
// i.e. users have to ask for what they need. With that, we can build better analysis tools
// and could do better codegen in the future.
export class ElementRef<T = any> {
  /**
   * <div class="callout is-critical">
   *   <header>Use with caution</header>
   *   <p>
   *    Use this API as the last resort when direct access to DOM is needed. Use templating and
   *    data-binding provided by Angular instead. Alternatively you can take a look at {@link
   * Renderer2} which provides an API that can be safely used.
   *   </p>
   * </div>
   */
  public nativeElement: T;

  constructor(nativeElement: T) {
    this.nativeElement = nativeElement;
  }

  /**
   * @internal
   * @nocollapse
   */
  static __NG_ELEMENT_ID__: () => ElementRef = injectElementRef;
}

/**
 * Unwraps `ElementRef` and return the `nativeElement`.
 *
 * @param value value to unwrap
 * @returns `nativeElement` if `ElementRef` otherwise returns value as is.
 */
export function unwrapElementRef<T, R>(value: T|ElementRef<R>): T|R {
  return value instanceof ElementRef ? value.nativeElement : value;
}
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