Method _setSvgElement

src/material/icon/icon.ts:326–336

(svg: SVGElement)

  }

  private _setSvgElement(svg: SVGElement) {
    this._clearSvgElement();

    // Note: we do this fix here, rather than the icon registry, because the
    // references have to point to the URL at the time that the icon was created.
    const path = this._location.getPathname();
    this._previousPath = path;
    this._cacheChildrenWithExternalReferences(svg);
    this._prependPathToReferences(path);
    this._elementRef.nativeElement.appendChild(svg);
  }

  private _clearSvgElement() {
    const layoutElement: HTMLElement = this._elementRef.nativeElement;