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Read the specified `value` from the specified input `stream`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslx_genericinstream.h>`

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----
template<
    class STREAMBUF,
    class TYPE>
xref:BloombergLP/bslx/GenericInStream.adoc[GenericInStream<STREAMBUF>]&
operator>>(
    xref:BloombergLP/bslx/GenericInStream.adoc[GenericInStream<STREAMBUF>]& stream,
    TYPE& value);
----

== Description

Read the specified `value` from the specified input `stream` following the requirements of the BDEX protocol (see the `bslx` package‐level documentation), and return a reference to `stream`. The behavior is undefined unless `TYPE` is BDEX‐compliant.

== Return Value

a reference to `stream`

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *stream*
| input stream from which to extract
| *value*
| object to populate from the stream
|===


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