[#BloombergLP-bdlde-HexEncoder-isInitialState] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlde.adoc[bdlde]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlde/HexEncoder.adoc[HexEncoder]::isInitialState :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return `true` if this encoder is in the initial state (i.e., as if no input had been consumed), and `false` otherwise. == Synopsis Declared in `<bdlde_hexencoder.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- bool isInitialState() const; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#