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What are @ViewChild and @ContentChild?

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Explain the query decorators.

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Query a child in the view
import { Component, ViewChild, ElementRef, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  standalone: true,
  template: '<input #box /> <button (click)="focus()">Focus</button>',
})
export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit {
  @ViewChild('box') box!: ElementRef<HTMLInputElement>;

  ngAfterViewInit() {
    // available now (the view has been initialized)
    console.log('input found:', !!this.box);
  }
  focus() { this.box.nativeElement.focus(); }
}
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