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Dereference this object as if it were a pointer to `BSLS_PROTOCOL` in order to call a method on `BSLS_PROTOCOL`. Also mark this object as `entered` for the purpose of calling a protocol method.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bsls_protocoltest.h>`

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