[#BloombergLP-bdlma-BufferManager-buffer] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlma.adoc[bdlma]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlma/BufferManager.adoc[BufferManager]::buffer :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return an address providing modifiable access to the buffer currently managed by this object, or 0 if this object currently manages no buffer. == Synopsis Declared in `<bdlma_buffermanager.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- char* buffer() const; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#