[#BloombergLP-bdlb-NullableAllocatedValue-operator_star-0a] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlb.adoc[bdlb]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/NullableAllocatedValue.adoc[NullableAllocatedValue]::operator* :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return a reference providing non‐modifiable access to the underlying `TYPE` object. The behavior is undefined if the object has no value. == Synopsis Declared in `<bdlb_nullableallocatedvalue.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- TYPE const& operator*() const; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#