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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()`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<balcl_optionvalue.h>`

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template<class TYPE>
TYPE const&
the() const;
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