[#BloombergLP-bdld-Datum-theBinary] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdld.adoc[bdld]::xref:BloombergLP/bdld/Datum.adoc[Datum]::theBinary :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return the binary reference represented by this object as a `DatumBinaryRef` object. The behavior is undefined unless this object actually represents a binary reference. == Synopsis Declared in `<bdld_datum.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- xref:BloombergLP/bdld/DatumBinaryRef.adoc[DatumBinaryRef] theBinary() const; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#