public static ElementUI getAssociatedElement(BaseComponent component) {
        return component == null ? null : (ElementUI) component.getAttribute(ASSOC_ELEMENT);
    }
public static ElementUI getAssociatedElement ( BaseComponent component ) { return component == null ? null : ( ElementUI ) component . getAttribute ( ASSOC_ELEMENT ) ; }
Returns the UI element that registered the CWF component.

@param component The CWF component of interest.
@return The associated UI element.