[#BloombergLP-balm-DefaultMetricsManagerScopedGuard-instance] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/balm.adoc[balm]::xref:BloombergLP/balm/DefaultMetricsManagerScopedGuard.adoc[DefaultMetricsManagerScopedGuard]::instance :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return the address of the `MetricsManager` object managed by this scoped guard. The behavior is undefined if the default instance of the metrics manager is externally destroyed, or if the returned address is retained after this scoped guard is destroyed. == Synopsis Declared in `<balm_defaultmetricsmanager.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- xref:BloombergLP/balm/MetricsManager.adoc[MetricsManager]* instance() const; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#