
p.location-badge.
  exported from <a href='../core'>angular2/core</a>
  defined in <a href="https://github.com/angular/angular/tree/2.0.0-alpha.37/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/dynamic_component_loader.ts#L11-L58">angular2/src/core/compiler/dynamic_component_loader.ts (line 11)</a>

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  Angular's reference to a component instance.
  
  `ComponentRef` represents a component instance lifecycle and meta information.
  
  
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    h3#location location

    
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      Location of the component host element.
      
      





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    h3#instance instance

    
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      Instance of component.
      
      





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    h3#componentType componentType

    
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    h3#injector injector

    
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    h3#hostView hostView

    
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      Returns the host <a href='ViewRef-interface.html'><code>ViewRef</code></a>.
      
      





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    h3#hostComponentType hostComponentType

    
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    h3#hostComponent hostComponent

    
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    h3#dispose dispose

    
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      Dispose of the component instance.
      
      




