passing component reference

components.inner-component.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Component.extend({
  didInsertElement() {
    this._super(...arguments);
    this.callFunctionOnReferencedObject();
  },
  callFunctionOnReferencedObject() {
    console.log('api', this.get('api'));
    
    let executionContext = this.get('api.outerComponentReference');
    let fn = this.get('api.callThisFunction');
    if (typeof fn === 'function') {
      if (executionContext === undefined) {
        Ember.run(() => fn());
      } else {
        Ember.run.bind(executionContext, fn)();
      }
    }
    
    let setName = this.get('setName');
    setName('Sophie');
  }
});

components.outer-component.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Component.extend({
  correctFunctionCalled: false,
  name: 'none',
  init() {
    this._super(...arguments);
    this.set('outerComponentReference', this);
  },
  callThisFunction() {
    this.set('correctFunctionCalled', true);
  },
  api: Em.computed('callThisFunction', 'outerComponentReference', function () {
    return {
      callThisFunction: this.get('callThisFunction'),
      outerComponentReference: this.get('outerComponentReference')
    };
  }),
  
  actions: {
  	setName(name) {
    	this.set('name', name); 
    }
  }
});

controllers.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  appName: 'Ember Twiddle'
});

templates.application.hbs

{{#outer-component as |oc|}}
  {{oc.innerComponent}}
{{/outer-component}}

templates.components.inner-component.hbs

{{yield}}

<button onclick={{action setName 'Alex'}}>Set name from inner</button>

templates.components.outer-component.hbs

{{yield (hash
  innerComponent=(component 'inner-component'
    api=api
    setName=(action 'setName')
  )
)}}

Correct function called?
<b>
{{#if correctFunctionCalled}}
  Yes!
{{else}}
  NO!
{{/if}}
</b>

<hr />

<button onclick={{action 'setName' 'Ben'}}>Set name from outer</button>

Name: {{name}}

twiddle.json

{
  "version": "0.12.1",
  "EmberENV": {
    "FEATURES": {}
  },
  "options": {
    "use_pods": false,
    "enable-testing": false
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.js",
    "ember": "2.12.0",
    "ember-template-compiler": "2.12.0",
    "ember-testing": "2.12.0"
  },
  "addons": {
    "ember-data": "2.12.1"
  }
}