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ng.getOwningComponent

Retrieves the component instance whose view contains the DOM element.

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      ng.getOwningComponent<T>(elementOrDir: {} | Element): T | null
Parameters
elementOrDir {} | Element

DOM element, component or directive instance for which to retrieve the root components.
Returns

T | null: Component instance whose view owns the DOM element or null if the element is not part of a component view.

Description

For example, if <child-comp> is used in the template of <app-comp> (i.e. a ViewChild of <app-comp>), calling getOwningComponent on <child-comp> would return <app-comp>.