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Return the base&hyphen;type representation of the specified customized `object`&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdlat&lowbar;customizedtypefunctions&period;h&gt;`

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----
template&lt;class TYPE&gt;
bdlat&lowbar;CustomizedTypeFunctions::BaseType&lt;TYPE&gt;::Type const&
convertToBaseType(TYPE const& object);
----

== Return Value

the base&hyphen;type representation of `object`

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *object*
| customized type whose base value is returned
|===


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