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Return the binary reference held by this object&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdld&lowbar;datum&period;h&gt;`

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theBinary() const;
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== Description

Return the binary reference represented by this object as a `DatumBinaryRef` object&period; The behavior is undefined unless this object actually represents a binary reference&period;

== Return Value

the binary reference held by this object


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