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Read the specified `value` from the specified input `stream` following the requirements of the BDEX protocol (see the `bslx` package&hyphen;level documentation), and return a reference to `stream`&period; The behavior is undefined unless `TYPE` is BDEX&hyphen;compliant&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bslx&lowbar;testinstream&period;h&gt;`

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template&lt;class TYPE&gt;
xref:BloombergLP/bslx/TestInStream.adoc[TestInStream]&
operator&gt;&gt;(
    xref:BloombergLP/bslx/TestInStream.adoc[TestInStream]& stream,
    TYPE& value);
----


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