title: Access template reference variables from component class
body: <pre><code>&lt;div&gt;
     &lt;input #ipt type="text"/&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is it possible to access the template access variable from the component class?</p>
  
  <p>i.e., can I access it here,</p>
  
  <pre><code>class XComponent{
     somefunction(){
         //Can I access #ipt here?
     }
  }
  </code></pre>