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Return the held pointer&period;

== Synopsis

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

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t&lowbar;TYPE*
getPointer() const;
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== Return Value

the held pointer, with flag bits cleared


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