[#BloombergLP-bsls-ObjectBuffer-buffer-0d] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bsls.adoc[bsls]::xref:BloombergLP/bsls/ObjectBuffer.adoc[ObjectBuffer]::buffer :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: `buffer` overloads == Synopses Declared in `<bsls_objectbuffer.h>` Return 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/ObjectBuffer/buffer-00.adoc[buffer](); ---- [.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bsls/ObjectBuffer/buffer-00.adoc[_» more..._]# Return 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/ObjectBuffer/buffer-0e.adoc[buffer]() const; ---- [.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bsls/ObjectBuffer/buffer-0e.adoc[_» more..._]# [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#