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id: references
title: Value References
sidebar_label: Value References
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description: Value References
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> **NOTE: The new frontend system is in alpha and is only supported by a small number of plugins.**

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Describe the generic concept of references as used for ApiRef, ExtensionDataRef, RouteRef, ComponentRef, etc.

Talk about the usage and how helper functions allows type-safe access to the values that the references represent.

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