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If the optionally specified `manager` is not 0, return `manager`&semi; otherwise return the address of the default metrics manager instance, or 0 if the default metrics manager instance has not yet been created or has already been destroyed&period; Note that this operation is logically equivalent to `manager ? manager &colon; instance()`&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;balm&lowbar;defaultmetricsmanager&period;h&gt;`

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static
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manager(xref:BloombergLP/balm/MetricsManager.adoc[MetricsManager]* manager = 0);
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