[#BloombergLP-bsls-ObjectBuffer-object-0d] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bsls.adoc[bsls]::xref:BloombergLP/bsls/ObjectBuffer.adoc[ObjectBuffer]::object :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return a modifiable reference to the `TYPE` object occupying this buffer. The referenced object has undefined state unless a valid `TYPE` object has been constructed in this buffer. == Synopsis Declared in `<bsls_objectbuffer.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- TYPE& object(); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#