[#BloombergLP-bdlb-NullableAllocatedValue_PointerBitsPair-getPointer] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlb.adoc[bdlb]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/NullableAllocatedValue_PointerBitsPair.adoc[NullableAllocatedValue_PointerBitsPair]::getPointer :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return the held pointer. == Synopsis Declared in `<bdlb_nullableallocatedvalue_pointerbitspair.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- t_TYPE* getPointer() const; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#