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

== Synopsis

Declared in `<ball_loggermanager.h>`

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template<class t_OBSERVER>
int
findObserver(
    xref:bsl/shared_ptr-0a.adoc[bsl::shared_ptr<t_OBSERVER>]* result,
    std::string_view const& observerName);
----

== Description

Load into the specified `result` a shared pointer to the observer of (template parameter) `t_OBSERVER` type having the specified `observerName` in the registry of this logger manager, and an empty shared pointer if there is no such observer otherwise. Return 0 if a non‐empty shared pointer was loaded, and a non‐zero value otherwise. Note that an empty shared pointer will be loaded if either no observer having `observerName` is in the registry or the observer registered with that name is not of `t_OBSERVER` type.

== Return Value

0 if a non‐empty shared pointer was loaded, and a non‐zero value otherwise

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *result*
| destination for the typed shared pointer to the observer
| *observerName*
| name of the observer to find
|===


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