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 *
 * @license
 * Copyright 2017 SAP Ariba
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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import { Component, ComponentFactory, Type } from '@angular/core';
/**
 * Used by IncludeComponent directive to represent a components and all required detailed needed to
 * dynamically instantiate and insert component into the view.
 */
export interface ComponentReference {
    /**
     * Metadata about the instantiated component.
     *
     * Note: before this one was called ComponentMetadate, but in Angular 2.0 final it was renamed
     * to Component
     */
    metadata: Component;
    /**
     * Component factory created by
     *
     * ```
     *  factoryResolver.resolveComponentFactory(<TYPE>)
     * ```
     *  We do not really need it now, but once we start caching created components it will more
     * more sense.
     *
     */
    resolvedCompFactory: ComponentFactory<any>;
    /**
     * Resolved Component TYPE
     */
    componentType: Type<any>;
    /**
     * String representation of componnent being rendered
     */
    componentName: string;
}