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This template metafunction has a member `Type` computed such that, for a specified `t_TYPE` parameter, a function with argument of `t_TYPE` can be called efficiently from another function (e.g., a wrapper) by declaring the corresponding parameter of the other wrapper as 'typename ForwardingType<t_TYPE>::Type'. The `Type` member is computed to minimize the number of expensive copies while forwarding the arguments as faithfully as possible.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslmf_forwardingtype.h>`

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----
template<class t_TYPE>
class ForwardingType;
----

== Type Aliases

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|===
| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bslmf/ForwardingType-07/TargetType.adoc[`TargetType`] 
| The closest type used to "reconstitute" `t_TYPE` from `ForwardingType<t_TYPE>::Type`. This type may differ from `t_TYPE` through the addition of a reference.
| xref:BloombergLP/bslmf/ForwardingType-07/Type.adoc[`Type`] 
| The type that should be used to forward `t_TYPE` through a chain of function calls.
|===


== Specializations

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|===
| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bslmf/ForwardingType-00.adoc[`ForwardingType<Signaler_NotArg>`] 
| This template metafunction has a member `Type` computed such that, for a specified `t_TYPE` parameter, a function with argument of `t_TYPE` can be called efficiently from another function (e.g., a wrapper) by declaring the corresponding parameter of the other wrapper as 'typename ForwardingType<t_TYPE>::Type'. The `Type` member is computed to minimize the number of expensive copies while forwarding the arguments as faithfully as possible.
|===


== Derived Classes

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|===
| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bslmf/ConstForwardingType.adoc[`ConstForwardingType`] 
| DEPRECATED: Use `ForwardingType` instead.
|===


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