import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';

import {normalizeBlank} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';

import {ViewRef} from './view_ref';

import {resolveInternalDomView} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/view/view';

/**

* @exportedAs angular2/view

*/

export class ElementRef {

parentView: ViewRef;

boundElementIndex: number;

constructor(parentView: ViewRef, boundElementIndex: number) {

this.parentView = parentView;

this.boundElementIndex = boundElementIndex;

}

/**

* Exposes the underlying DOM element.

* (DEPRECATED way of accessing the DOM, replacement coming)

*/

// TODO(tbosch): Here we expose the real DOM element.

// We need a more general way to read/write to the DOM element

// via a proper abstraction in the render layer

get domElement() {

return resolveInternalDomView(this.parentView.render).boundElements[this.boundElementIndex];

}

/**

* Gets an attribute from the underlying DOM element.

* (DEPRECATED way of accessing the DOM, replacement coming)

*/

// TODO(tbosch): Here we expose the real DOM element.

// We need a more general way to read/write to the DOM element

// via a proper abstraction in the render layer

getAttribute(name: string): string {

return normalizeBlank(DOM.getAttribute(this.domElement, name));

}

}