[#BloombergLP-bslstl-BidirectionalNodePool-allocator-09] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bslstl.adoc[bslstl]::xref:BloombergLP/bslstl/BidirectionalNodePool.adoc[BidirectionalNodePool]::allocator :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return a reference providing non‐modifiable access to the allocator supplying memory for the memory pool maintained by this object. == Synopsis Declared in `<bslstl_bidirectionalnodepool.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- SimplePool<bslalg::BidirectionalNode<VALUE>, ALLOCATOR>::AllocatorType const& allocator() const; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#