[#BloombergLP-balxml-Decoder-reader] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/balxml.adoc[balxml]::xref:BloombergLP/balxml/Decoder.adoc[Decoder]::reader :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return the a pointer to the modifiable reader associated with this decoder (i.e., the `reader` pointer provided at construction). == Synopsis Declared in `<balxml_decoder.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- xref:BloombergLP/balxml/Reader.adoc[Reader]* reader() const; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#