MOBILE-3320 dom: Store instances using a WeakMap

src/core/components/context-menu/context-menu.ts

@@ -40,13 +40,10 @@ export class CoreContextMenuComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     protected items: CoreContextMenuItemComponent[] = [];
     protected itemsMovedToParent: CoreContextMenuItemComponent[] = [];
     protected itemsChangedStream: Subject<void>; // Stream to update the hideMenu boolean when items change.
-    protected instanceId: string;
     protected parentContextMenu?: CoreContextMenuComponent;
     protected expanded = false;
 
-    constructor(
+    constructor(elementRef: ElementRef) {
-        elementRef: ElementRef,
-    ) {
         // Create the stream and subscribe to it. We ignore successive changes during 250ms.
         this.itemsChangedStream = new Subject<void>();
         this.itemsChangedStream.pipe(auditTime(250));
@@ -61,7 +58,7 @@ export class CoreContextMenuComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         // Calculate the unique ID.
         this.uniqueId = 'core-context-menu-' + CoreUtils.getUniqueId('CoreContextMenuComponent');
 
-        this.instanceId = CoreDomUtils.storeInstanceByElement(elementRef.nativeElement, this);
+        CoreDomUtils.storeInstanceByElement(elementRef.nativeElement, this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -202,7 +199,6 @@ export class CoreContextMenuComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
      * Component destroyed.
      */
     ngOnDestroy(): void {
-        CoreDomUtils.removeInstanceById(this.instanceId);
         this.removeMergedItems();
     }
 

src/core/components/navbar-buttons/navbar-buttons.ts

@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ export class CoreNavBarButtonsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     protected forceHidden = false;
     protected logger: CoreLogger;
     protected movedChildren?: Node[];
-    protected instanceId: string;
     protected mergedContextMenu?: CoreContextMenuComponent;
 
     constructor(element: ElementRef) {
         this.element = element.nativeElement;
         this.logger = CoreLogger.getInstance('CoreNavBarButtonsComponent');
-        this.instanceId = CoreDomUtils.storeInstanceByElement(this.element, this);
+
+        CoreDomUtils.storeInstanceByElement(this.element, this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -138,9 +138,8 @@ export class CoreNavBarButtonsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         }
 
         // Both containers have a context menu. Merge them to prevent having 2 menus at the same time.
-        const mainContextMenuInstance: CoreContextMenuComponent = CoreDomUtils.getInstanceByElement(mainContextMenu);
+        const mainContextMenuInstance = CoreDomUtils.getInstanceByElement<CoreContextMenuComponent>(mainContextMenu);
-        const secondaryContextMenuInstance: CoreContextMenuComponent =
+        const secondaryContextMenuInstance = CoreDomUtils.getInstanceByElement<CoreContextMenuComponent>(secondaryContextMenu);
-            CoreDomUtils.getInstanceByElement(secondaryContextMenu);
 
         // Check that both context menus belong to the same core-tab. We shouldn't merge menus from different tabs.
         if (mainContextMenuInstance && secondaryContextMenuInstance) {
@@ -247,8 +246,6 @@ export class CoreNavBarButtonsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
      * Component destroyed.
      */
     ngOnDestroy(): void {
-        CoreDomUtils.removeInstanceById(this.instanceId);
-
         // This component was destroyed, remove all the buttons that were moved.
         // The buttons can be moved outside of the current page, that's why we need to manually destroy them.
         // There's no need to destroy context menu items that were merged because they weren't moved from their DOM position.

src/core/components/tabs-outlet/tabs-outlet.ts

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export class CoreTabsOutletComponent extends CoreTabsBaseComponent<CoreTabsOutle
         const elements = this.ionTabs!.outlet.nativeEl.querySelectorAll('core-navbar-buttons');
         const domUtils = CoreDomUtils.instance;
         elements.forEach((element) => {
-            const instance: CoreNavBarButtonsComponent = domUtils.getInstanceByElement(element);
+            const instance = domUtils.getInstanceByElement<CoreNavBarButtonsComponent>(element);
 
             if (instance) {
                 const pagetagName = element.closest('.ion-page')?.tagName;

src/core/components/tabs/tab.ts

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ export class CoreTabComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, CoreTabBase {
     protected showHideNavBarButtons(show: boolean): void {
         const elements = this.element.querySelectorAll('core-navbar-buttons');
         elements.forEach((element) => {
-            const instance: CoreNavBarButtonsComponent = CoreDomUtils.getInstanceByElement(element);
+            const instance = CoreDomUtils.getInstanceByElement<CoreNavBarButtonsComponent>(element);
 
             if (instance) {
                 instance.forceHide(!show);

src/core/services/utils/dom.ts

@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@ export class CoreDomUtilsProvider {
     protected template: HTMLTemplateElement = document.createElement('template'); // A template element to convert HTML to element.
 
     protected matchesFunctionName?: string; // Name of the "matches" function to use when simulating a closest call.
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    protected instances: WeakMap<Element, unknown> = new WeakMap(); // Store component/directive instances indexed by element.
-    protected instances: {[id: string]: any} = {}; // Store component/directive instances by id.
-    protected lastInstanceId = 0;
     protected debugDisplay = false; // Whether to display debug messages. Store it in a variable to make it synchronous.
     protected displayedAlerts: Record<string, HTMLIonAlertElement> = {}; // To prevent duplicated alerts.
     protected activeLoadingModals: CoreIonLoadingElement[] = [];
@@ -706,11 +704,8 @@ export class CoreDomUtilsProvider {
      * @param element The root element of the component/directive.
      * @return The instance, undefined if not found.
      */
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    getInstanceByElement<T = unknown>(element: Element): T | undefined {
-    getInstanceByElement(element: Element): any {
+        return this.instances.get(element) as T;
-        const id = element.getAttribute(this.INSTANCE_ID_ATTR_NAME);
-
-        return id && this.instances[id];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1629,16 +1624,9 @@ export class CoreDomUtilsProvider {
      *
      * @param element The root element of the component/directive.
      * @param instance The instance to store.
-     * @return ID to identify the instance.
      */
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    storeInstanceByElement(element: Element, instance: unknown): void {
-    storeInstanceByElement(element: Element, instance: any): string {
+        this.instances.set(element, instance);
-        const id = String(this.lastInstanceId++);
-
-        element.setAttribute(this.INSTANCE_ID_ATTR_NAME, id);
-        this.instances[id] = instance;
-
-        return id;
     }
 
     /**