[#BloombergLP-bsls-AlignedBuffer-buffer-09] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bsls.adoc[bsls]::xref:BloombergLP/bsls/AlignedBuffer.adoc[AlignedBuffer]::buffer :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: `buffer` overloads == Synopses Declared in `<bsls_alignedbuffer.h>` Return a the address of the first byte of this object, cast to a `char*` pointer. [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- char* xref:BloombergLP/bsls/AlignedBuffer/buffer-02.adoc[buffer](); ---- [.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bsls/AlignedBuffer/buffer-02.adoc[_» more..._]# Return a the address of the first byte of this object, cast to a `const char*` pointer. [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- char const* xref:BloombergLP/bsls/AlignedBuffer/buffer-01.adoc[buffer]() const; ---- [.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bsls/AlignedBuffer/buffer-01.adoc[_» more..._]# [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#