[#BloombergLP-bdlb-operator_lt-0d] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlb.adoc[bdlb]::operator< :relfileprefix: ../../ :mrdocs: Return `true` if the specified `lhs` is ordered before the specified `rhs` nullable object, and `false` otherwise. `lhs` is ordered before `rhs` if `rhs` is not null and `lhs` is ordered before `rhs.value()`. == Synopsis Declared in `<bdlb_nullableallocatedvalue.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- template< class LHS_TYPE, class RHS_TYPE> bool operator<( LHS_TYPE const& lhs, xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/NullableAllocatedValue.adoc[NullableAllocatedValue<RHS_TYPE>] const& rhs); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#