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This class holds a managed pointer reference, returned by the implicit conversion operator in the class `ManagedPtr`. This class is used to allow the construction of managed pointers from temporary managed pointer objects, since temporaries cannot bind to the reference to a modifiable object used in the copy constructor and copy‐assignment operator for `ManagedPtr`. Note that while no members or methods of this class template depend on the specified `TARGET_TYPE`, it is important to carry this type into conversions to support passing ownership of `ManagedPtr_Members` pointers when assigning or constructing `ManagedPtr` objects.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslma_managedptr.h>`

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template<class TARGET_TYPE>
class ManagedPtr_Ref;
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== Member Functions

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bslma/ManagedPtr_Ref/2constructor.adoc[`ManagedPtr_Ref`]         [.small]#[constructor]#
| Create a `ManagedPtr_Ref` object having the specified `base` value for its `base` attribute, and the specified `target` for its `target` attribute. Note that `target` (but not `base`) may be null.
| xref:BloombergLP/bslma/ManagedPtr_Ref/2destructor.adoc[`~ManagedPtr_Ref`] [.small]#[destructor]#
| Destroy this object. Note that the referenced managed object is _not_ destroyed.
| xref:BloombergLP/bslma/ManagedPtr_Ref/base.adoc[`base`] 
| Return a pointer to the managed state of a `ManagedPtr` object.
| xref:BloombergLP/bslma/ManagedPtr_Ref/target.adoc[`target`] 
| Return a pointer to the referenced object.
|===



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