Can't retrieve attributes of the top-level component

http://plnkr.co/edit/5731Z9N6tQ391gQtfZrA?p=preview

I’ve been over the documentation 10 times, I’ve read through the source code, tutorials, the works… and I still can’t wrap my head around what I’m doing wrong.

all I want to do is:

<app myTitle='my awesome title'>  

and access myTitle from inside the constructor.

Is that possible in NG2?

[Mewel]

you can use the ElementRef:

constructor(public elementRef: ElementRef) {
    var native = this.elementRef.nativeElement;
    var myattr = native.getAttribute("myattr");
}

[mhevery]

I would like to take some time to comment on the tone of some of the messages. I am sorry that Angular does not do everything you want yet. The issue is still open because we may be able to do it in the future. I get that one is disappointed when the framework does not do X or Y yet and we will be improving as soon as we can. Please form your comments in a constructive way which help the situation. Making negative statements, even if hinting create the same feelings in the reader and that affects the person’s mood. This makes the reader think about the feelings rather than focusing on solving the problem.

Please be courteous to each other. We all our doing our best.