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Return a reference to the contained object&period;

== Synopsis

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

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TYPE const&
value() const;
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== Description

Return a reference providing non&hyphen;modifiable access to the underlying object of a (template parameter) `TYPE`&period; The behavior is undefined unless this object is non&hyphen;null&period;

== Return Value

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


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