[#BloombergLP-balb-PipeControlChannel-allocator] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/balb.adoc[balb]::xref:BloombergLP/balb/PipeControlChannel.adoc[PipeControlChannel]::allocator :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return the allocator used by this object to supply memory. Note that if no allocator was supplied at construction the default allocator in effect at construction is used. == Synopsis Declared in `<balb_pipecontrolchannel.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- xref:BloombergLP/bslma/Allocator.adoc[bslma::Allocator]* allocator() const; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#