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Return the message attribute of this record attributes object&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;ball&lowbar;recordattributes&period;h&gt;`

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char const*
message() const;
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== Description

Note that this method will return a truncated message if it contains embedded null (&apos;0&apos;) characters&semi; see `messageRef` for an alternative to this method&period; *Warning&colon;* This method is _not_ const thread&hyphen;safe, and cannot be safely called concurrently&period; It may modify the stream buffer returned by `messageStreamBuf`&period;

DEPRECATED&colon; Use `messageRef` instead&period;

== Return Value

message attribute value


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