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A type‐erased universal wrapper for reference to any type category with read/write access.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlar_anyref.h>`

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----
class AnyRef;
----

== Member Functions

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|===
| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyRef/2constructor-02.adoc[`AnyRef`]         [.small]#[constructor]#
| Constructors
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyRef/arrayVtable.adoc[`arrayVtable`] 
| Return a pointer to the vtable. The behavior is undefined unless `typeCategory() == bdlat_TypeCategory::e_ARRAY_CATEGORY`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyRef/choiceVtable.adoc[`choiceVtable`] 
| Return a pointer to the vtable. The behavior is undefined unless `typeCategory() == bdlat_TypeCategory::e_CHOICE_CATEGORY`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyRef/customizedTypeVtable.adoc[`customizedTypeVtable`] 
| Return a pointer to the vtable. The behavior is undefined unless `typeCategory() == bdlat_TypeCategory::e_CUSTOMIZED_TYPE_CATEGORY`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyRef/dynamicTypeVtable.adoc[`dynamicTypeVtable`] 
| Return a pointer to the vtable. The behavior is undefined unless `typeCategory() == bdlat_TypeCategory::e_DYNAMIC_CATEGORY`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyRef/enumVtable.adoc[`enumVtable`] 
| Return a pointer to the vtable. The behavior is undefined unless `typeCategory() == bdlat_TypeCategory::e_ENUMERATION_CATEGORY`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyRef/nullableValueVtable.adoc[`nullableValueVtable`] 
| Return a pointer to the vtable. The behavior is undefined unless `typeCategory() == bdlat_TypeCategory::e_NULLABLE_VALUE_CATEGORY`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyRef/objectAddress.adoc[`objectAddress`] 
| Return a pointer to the wrapped object.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyRef/reset.adoc[`reset`] 
| Reset the referred object to the default value.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyRef/sequenceVtable.adoc[`sequenceVtable`] 
| Return a pointer to the vtable. The behavior is undefined unless `typeCategory() == bdlat_TypeCategory::e_SEQUENCE_CATEGORY`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyRef/simpleTypeVtable.adoc[`simpleTypeVtable`] 
| Return a pointer to the vtable. The behavior is undefined unless `typeCategory() == bdlat_TypeCategory::e_SIMPLE_CATEGORY`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyRef/typeCategory.adoc[`typeCategory`] 
| Return type category of the referred object.
|===


== Non-Member Functions

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|===
| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/bdlat_typeCategoryAccessArray-04.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-04.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-01.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-07.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-09.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-03.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-03.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_typeCategoryManipulateArray-0f.adoc[`bdlat_typeCategoryManipulateArray`]
| Invoke the specified `manipulator` on the array selection of the specified `any`. Return the value from the invocation of `manipulator`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/bdlat_typeCategoryManipulateChoice-03.adoc[`bdlat_typeCategoryManipulateChoice`]
| Invoke the specified `manipulator` on the choice selection of the specified `any`. Return the value from the invocation of `manipulator`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/bdlat_typeCategoryManipulateCustomizedType-08.adoc[`bdlat_typeCategoryManipulateCustomizedType`]
| Invoke the specified `manipulator` on the customized‐type selection of the specified `any`. Return the value from the invocation of `manipulator`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/bdlat_typeCategoryManipulateEnumeration-03.adoc[`bdlat_typeCategoryManipulateEnumeration`]
| Invoke the specified `manipulator` on the enumeration selection of the specified `any`. Return the value from the invocation of `manipulator`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/bdlat_typeCategoryManipulateNullableValue-02.adoc[`bdlat_typeCategoryManipulateNullableValue`]
| Invoke the specified `manipulator` on the nullable‐value selection of the specified `any`. Return the value from the invocation of `manipulator`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/bdlat_typeCategoryManipulateSequence-0a.adoc[`bdlat_typeCategoryManipulateSequence`]
| Invoke the specified `manipulator` on the sequence selection of the specified `any`. Return the value from the invocation of `manipulator`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/bdlat_typeCategoryManipulateSimple-06.adoc[`bdlat_typeCategoryManipulateSimple`]
| Invoke the specified `manipulator` on the simple‐type selection of the specified `any`. Return the value from the invocation of `manipulator`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/bdlat_typeCategorySelect-02a.adoc[`bdlat_typeCategorySelect`]
| Return the type category of the object referred to by the specified `any`.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/bdlat_valueTypeReset-07.adoc[`bdlat_valueTypeReset`]
| Reset the object referred to by the specified `ref`.
|===


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