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Return a reference providing non&hyphen;modifiable access to the underlying `TYPE` object&period; The behavior is undefined if the object has no value&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdlb&lowbar;nullableallocatedvalue&period;h&gt;`

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----
TYPE const&
operator&ast;() const;
----

== Return Value

reference providing non&hyphen;modifiable access to the underlying `TYPE` object


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