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Print the specified node type `value` to the specified `stream` in human‐readable form and return a modifiable reference to `stream`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<balxml_reader.h>`

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std::ostream&
operator<<(
    std::ostream& stream,
    xref:BloombergLP/balxml/Reader/NodeType-02.adoc[Reader::NodeType] value);
----

== Return Value

a modifiable reference to `stream`

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *stream*
| output stream to receive the node type
| *value*
| node type enumerator to print
|===


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