[#BloombergLP-bslx-operator_rshift-07] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bslx.adoc[bslx]::operator>> :relfileprefix: ../../ :mrdocs: Read the specified `value` from the specified input `stream` following the requirements of the BDEX protocol (see the `bslx` package‐level documentation), and return a reference to `stream`. The behavior is undefined unless `TYPE` is BDEX‐compliant. == Synopsis Declared in `<bslx_genericinstream.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- template< class STREAMBUF, class TYPE> xref:BloombergLP/bslx/GenericInStream.adoc[GenericInStream<STREAMBUF>]& operator>>( xref:BloombergLP/bslx/GenericInStream.adoc[GenericInStream<STREAMBUF>]& stream, TYPE& value); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#