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An instance of this union is a raw block of memory suitable for storing an object of type `TYPE`. Specifically, the size and alignment of this union exactly matches that of `TYPE`. A `TYPE` object can be constructed into an `ObjectBuffer` using the placement `new` operator and can be destroyed by explicitly calling its destructor, `~TYPE()`. It is the user's responsibility to perform this construction and destruction; an `ObjectBuffer` object does not manage the construction or destruction of any other objects.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bsls_objectbuffer.h>`

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template<class TYPE>
union ObjectBuffer;
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== Description

Note that a collaboration is implied between `ObjectBuffer` and the user. An `ObjectBuffer` provides aligned memory and the user handles construction and destruction of the object contained within that memory.

== Member Functions

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bsls/ObjectBuffer/address-04.adoc[`address`] 
| `address` overloads
| xref:BloombergLP/bsls/ObjectBuffer/buffer-0d.adoc[`buffer`] 
| `buffer` overloads
| xref:BloombergLP/bsls/ObjectBuffer/object-06.adoc[`object`] 
| `object` overloads
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