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Flush the output stream, completing any open start tag first.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<balxml_formatter_compactimpl.h>`

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static
std::ostream&
flush(
    std::ostream& stream,
    xref:BloombergLP/balxml/Formatter_CompactImplUtil/State.adoc[State]* state);
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== Description

Insert the closing `>` if there is an incomplete tag, and flush the specified output `stream`, with formatting depending on the specified `state`, and update `state` accordingly. Return the `stream`.

== Return Value

a reference to the modifiable `stream`

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *stream*
| output stream
| *state*
| formatter state to consult and update
|===


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