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Decode into a type‐erased `bdlar::AnyRef` from the specified `stream`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<balxml_decoder.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
std::istream&
decodeAny(
    std::istream& stream,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyRef.adoc[bdlar::AnyRef]* object,
    char const* uri = 0);
----

== Return Value

a reference to the modifiable `stream`

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *stream*
| input stream providing XML data
| *object*
| object being decoded
| *uri*
| optional URI identifying the input document in error messages
|===


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