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`obtainMessageBuffer` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<ball_loggermanager.h>`

Return a managed pointer to this thread's exclusive message buffer.


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Return exclusive access to the static message formatting buffer.


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== Return Value

* managed pointer referring to this thread's exclusive message buffer
* address of the modifiable buffer to which this thread has exclusive access

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *bufferSize*
| address at which to store the buffer size in bytes
| *mutex*
| address at which to store the buffer‐protecting mutex
|===


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