[#BloombergLP-bslstl-TreeNodePool-allocator-0b] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bslstl.adoc[bslstl]::xref:BloombergLP/bslstl/TreeNodePool.adoc[TreeNodePool]::allocator :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return a reference providing modifiable access to the rebound allocator traits for the node‐type. Note that this operation returns a base‐class (`NodeAlloc`) reference to this object. == Synopsis Declared in `<bslstl_treenodepool.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- SimplePool<TreeNode<VALUE>, ALLOCATOR>::AllocatorType& allocator(); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#