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Get a reference to the next layer.
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">next_layer_type</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span>
<a class="link" href="next_layer/overload1.html" title="ssl_stream::next_layer (1 of 2 overloads)">next_layer</a><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span>
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