Internal component parameters

[user72356]

I'm developing a lib and one of my components has a bool flag that is really only meant to be used internally within the lib. The component is declared within a parent component and the flag is set declaratively:

<MyComponent MyFlag=true />

According to the compiler, the parameter must be public and can't be internal.

The only other way is to make the flag a regular internal field (not a component parameter), then get a @ref of the child component within the parent in the OnAfterRender(), and set the flag at that point. This is too late in the lifecycle for my need.

I've tried not including the child component in the markup and instead instantiating it within the parent code, but it introduces a whole other level of annoyance, and I think not a recommended approach.

Is there a solution for this use case?