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Return the value of the underlying object of a (template parameter) `TYPE` if this object is non‐null, and the specified `otherValue` otherwise. Note that this method returns _by_ _value_, so may be inefficient in some contexts.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlb_nullableallocatedvalue.h>`

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TYPE
valueOr(TYPE const& otherValue) const;
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