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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. Return the value returned from the invocation of `manipulator` if `name` identifies an attribute of this class, and ‐1 otherwise.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<balxml_encoderoptions.h>`

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template<typename t_MANIPULATOR>
int
manipulateAttribute(
    t_MANIPULATOR& manipulator,
    char const* name,
    int nameLength);
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