[#BloombergLP-bdlmt-SignalerConnectionGuard-release] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlmt.adoc[bdlmt]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlmt/SignalerConnectionGuard.adoc[SignalerConnectionGuard]::release :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Release ownership of the managed connection without disconnecting it. == Synopsis Declared in `<bdlmt_signaler.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- xref:BloombergLP/bdlmt/SignalerConnection.adoc[SignalerConnection] release() noexcept; ---- == Description Disassociate this guard from its associated slot, if any, and reset `*this` to a default‐constructed state. Return a connection object referring to the slot, if any, that this guard was associated with prior to this call. Throws nothing. == Return Value connection referring to the previously managed slot, if any [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#