[#BloombergLP-bdlar-AnyConstRef]
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A type‐erased universal wrapper for reference to any type category with read‐only access.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlar_anyref.h>`

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----
class AnyConstRef;
----

== Member Functions

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|===
| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyConstRef/2constructor-0f.adoc[`AnyConstRef`]         [.small]#[constructor]#
| Constructors
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyConstRef/arrayVtable.adoc[`arrayVtable`] 
| Return a pointer to the vtable. The behavior is undefined unless `typeCategory() == bdlat_TypeCategory::e_ARRAY_CATEGORY`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyConstRef/choiceVtable.adoc[`choiceVtable`] 
| Return a pointer to the vtable. The behavior is undefined unless `typeCategory() == bdlat_TypeCategory::e_CHOICE_CATEGORY`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyConstRef/customizedTypeVtable.adoc[`customizedTypeVtable`] 
| Return a pointer to the vtable. The behavior is undefined unless `typeCategory() == bdlat_TypeCategory::e_CUSTOMIZED_TYPE_CATEGORY`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyConstRef/dynamicTypeVtable.adoc[`dynamicTypeVtable`] 
| Return a pointer to the vtable. The behavior is undefined unless `typeCategory() == bdlat_TypeCategory::e_DYNAMIC_CATEGORY`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyConstRef/enumVtable.adoc[`enumVtable`] 
| Return a pointer to the vtable. The behavior is undefined unless `typeCategory() == bdlat_TypeCategory::e_ENUMERATION_CATEGORY`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyConstRef/nullableValueVtable.adoc[`nullableValueVtable`] 
| Return a pointer to the vtable. The behavior is undefined unless `typeCategory() == bdlat_TypeCategory::e_NULLABLE_VALUE_CATEGORY`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyConstRef/objectAddress.adoc[`objectAddress`] 
| Return a pointer to the wrapped object.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyConstRef/sequenceVtable.adoc[`sequenceVtable`] 
| Return a pointer to the vtable. The behavior is undefined unless `typeCategory() == bdlat_TypeCategory::e_SEQUENCE_CATEGORY`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyConstRef/simpleTypeVtable.adoc[`simpleTypeVtable`] 
| Return a pointer to the vtable. The behavior is undefined unless `typeCategory() == bdlat_TypeCategory::e_SIMPLE_CATEGORY`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyConstRef/typeCategory.adoc[`typeCategory`] 
| Return type category of the referred object.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyConstRef/xsdName.adoc[`xsdName`] 
| Return the `bdlat_TypeName::xsdName` value for the underlying object.
|===


== Non-Member Functions

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|===
| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/bdlat_TypeName_xsdName-0d.adoc[`bdlat_TypeName_xsdName`]
| Return the XSD name of the object referred to by the specified `ref`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/bdlat_customizedTypeConvertToBaseType-09.adoc[`bdlat_customizedTypeConvertToBaseType`]
| Return an `AnyConstRef` to the base‐type representation of the specified `ref`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/bdlat_customizedTypeConvertToBaseType-0a.adoc[`bdlat_customizedTypeConvertToBaseType`]
| Return the base‐type representation of the specified `ref`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/bdlat_typeCategoryAccessArray-09.adoc[`bdlat_typeCategoryAccessArray`]
| Invoke the specified `accessor` on the array selection of the specified `any`. Return the value from the invocation of `accessor`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/bdlat_typeCategoryAccessChoice-06.adoc[`bdlat_typeCategoryAccessChoice`]
| Invoke the specified `accessor` on the choice selection of the specified `any`. Return the value from the invocation of `accessor`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/bdlat_typeCategoryAccessCustomizedType-07.adoc[`bdlat_typeCategoryAccessCustomizedType`]
| Invoke the specified `accessor` on the customized‐type selection of the specified `any`. Return the value from the invocation of `accessor`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/bdlat_typeCategoryAccessEnumeration-0b.adoc[`bdlat_typeCategoryAccessEnumeration`]
| Invoke the specified `accessor` on the enumeration selection of the specified `any`. Return the value from the invocation of `accessor`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/bdlat_typeCategoryAccessNullableValue-02.adoc[`bdlat_typeCategoryAccessNullableValue`]
| Invoke the specified `accessor` on the nullable‐value selection of the specified `any`. Return the value from the invocation of `accessor`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/bdlat_typeCategoryAccessSequence-02.adoc[`bdlat_typeCategoryAccessSequence`]
| Invoke the specified `accessor` on the sequence selection of the specified `any`. Return the value from the invocation of `accessor`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/bdlat_typeCategoryAccessSimple-0b.adoc[`bdlat_typeCategoryAccessSimple`]
| Invoke the specified `accessor` on the simple‐type selection of the specified `any`. Return the value from the invocation of `accessor`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/bdlat_typeCategorySelect-0a.adoc[`bdlat_typeCategorySelect`]
| Return the type category of the object referred to by the specified `any`.
|===


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