[#bsl-map-0af-begin-01] = xref:bsl.adoc[bsl]::xref:bsl/map-0af.adoc[map<TimeInterval, Node*>]::begin :relfileprefix: ../../ :mrdocs: Return an iterator providing non‐modifiable access to the first `value_type` object in the ordered sequence of `value_type` objects maintained by this map, or the `end` iterator if this map is empty. == Synopsis Declared in `<bslstl_map.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- xref:bsl/map-0af/const_iterator.adoc[const_iterator] begin() const noexcept; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#