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`findObserver` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<ball_broadcastobserver.h>`

Return a shared pointer to the named observer.


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xref:BloombergLP/ball/BroadcastObserver/findObserver-037.adoc[findObserver](std::string_view const& observerName);
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Return a shared pointer to the named observer.


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Load a typed shared pointer to the named observer into `result`.


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template<class t_OBSERVER>
int
xref:BloombergLP/ball/BroadcastObserver/findObserver-01.adoc[findObserver](
    xref:bsl/shared_ptr-0a.adoc[bsl::shared_ptr<t_OBSERVER>]* result,
    std::string_view const& observerName)
requires bsl::is_convertible<t_OBSERVER *, ball::Observer *>::value;
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Load a typed shared pointer to the named observer into `result`.


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template<class t_OBSERVER>
int
xref:BloombergLP/ball/BroadcastObserver/findObserver-0a.adoc[findObserver](
    xref:bsl/shared_ptr-0a.adoc[bsl::shared_ptr<t_OBSERVER const>]* result,
    std::string_view const& observerName) const
requires bsl::is_convertible<const t_OBSERVER *,
                                             const ball::Observer *>::value;
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== Return Value

* shared pointer to the named observer, or an empty shared pointer if none exists
* 0 if a non‐empty shared pointer was loaded, and a non‐zero value otherwise

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *observerName*
| name of the observer to find
| *result*
| destination for the typed shared pointer to the observer
|===


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