[#BloombergLP-balcl-OptionValue-the-06] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/balcl.adoc[balcl]::xref:BloombergLP/balcl/OptionValue.adoc[OptionValue]::the :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: `the` overloads == Synopses Declared in `<balcl_optionvalue.h>` Return a reference providing modifiable access to the underlying variant object of this command‐line‐option value object. The behavior is undefined unless `OptionType::e_VOID != type()`, `OptionType::TypeToEnum<TYPE>::value == type()`, and `false == isNull()`. [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- template<class TYPE> TYPE& xref:BloombergLP/balcl/OptionValue/the-0a.adoc[the](); ---- [.small]#xref:BloombergLP/balcl/OptionValue/the-0a.adoc[_» more..._]# Return a `const` reference to the value of this command line option. The behavior is undefined unless `OptionType::e_VOID != type()`, `OptionType::typeToEnum<TYPE>::value == type()`, and `false == isNull()`. [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- template<class TYPE> TYPE const& xref:BloombergLP/balcl/OptionValue/the-0b.adoc[the]() const; ---- [.small]#xref:BloombergLP/balcl/OptionValue/the-0b.adoc[_» more..._]# [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#