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Return `true` if the value held by this variant object is of template parameter `TYPE`, and `false` otherwise. `TYPE` must be the same as one of the types that this variant can hold. Note that `TYPE` must be specified explicitly, e.g., `myValue.is<int>()`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlb_variant.h>`

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template<class TYPE>
bool
is() const;
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