if a directive has a need to collaborate with an element up the tree, use this to make that relationship explicit and testable

angular-named-element.js

/**
 * if a directive has a need to collaborate with
 * an element up the tree, use this to make that
 * relationship explicit and testable
 * 
 * ```html
 * <div named-element="someCtrl.someElement">
 * </div>
 * <some-crazy-component element="someCtrl.someElement">
 * </some-crazy-component>
 * ```
 *
 */
!(function() {
"use strict";

angular.module('something')
.directive("namedElement", get)

function get(
	directiveHelpers
) {
	return {
		restrict: "A",
		link: function(scope, el, attrs) {
			directiveHelpers.set(scope, attrs.namedElement, el[0]);
		},
	};
}


})();