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Stream insertion operators

== Synopses

Declared in `&lt;bdlbb&lowbar;blob&period;h&gt;`

Format the specified blob `buffer` to the specified output `stream`&period;


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std::ostream&
xref:BloombergLP/bdlbb/operator_lshift-01.adoc[operator&lt;&lt;](
    std::ostream& stream,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlbb/BlobBuffer.adoc[BlobBuffer] const& buffer);
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Write an ascii dump of the referenced blob range to the stream&period;


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std::ostream&
xref:BloombergLP/bdlbb/operator_lshift-0d.adoc[operator&lt;&lt;](
    std::ostream& stream,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlbb/BlobUtilAsciiDumper.adoc[BlobUtilAsciiDumper] const& rhs);
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[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdlbb/operator_lshift-0d.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

Write a hex dump of the referenced blob range to the stream&period;


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std::ostream&
xref:BloombergLP/bdlbb/operator_lshift-07f.adoc[operator&lt;&lt;](
    std::ostream& stream,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlbb/BlobUtilHexDumper.adoc[BlobUtilHexDumper] const& rhs);
----

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== Return Value

* a reference to the modifiable `stream`
* reference to the modifiable `stream`

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *stream*
| output stream
| *buffer*
| blob buffer to format
| *rhs*
| ascii dumper describing the blob range to write
|===


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