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Create an object of this class having the same value as the specified `original` one.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlm_metricdescriptor.h>`

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MetricDescriptor(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlm/MetricDescriptor.adoc[MetricDescriptor] const& original,
    xref:BloombergLP/bslma/Allocator.adoc[bslma::Allocator]* basicAllocator = 0);
----

== Description

Optionally specify a `basicAllocator` used to supply memory. If `basicAllocator` is 0, the currently installed default allocator is used.

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *original*
| object providing the value for the new descriptor
| *basicAllocator*
| memory allocator; null uses the default
|===


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