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Invoke the specified `manipulator` on the address of the (modifiable) attribute indicated by the specified `name` of the specified `nameLength`, supplying `manipulator` with the corresponding attribute information structure&period; Return the value returned from the invocation of `manipulator` if `name` identifies an attribute of this class, and &hyphen;1 otherwise&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;balxml&lowbar;decoderoptions&period;h&gt;`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template&lt;typename t&lowbar;MANIPULATOR&gt;
int
manipulateAttribute(
    t&lowbar;MANIPULATOR& manipulator,
    char const* name,
    int nameLength);
----


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