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Return a shared pointer to the object referred to by this weak pointer and managing the same object as that managed by this weak pointer (if any) if `false == expired()`, and a shared pointer in the empty state otherwise. Note that the behavior of this method is the same as that of `lock`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_sharedptr.h>`

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acquireSharedPtr() const noexcept;
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