[#BloombergLP-ball-CategoryManagerImpUtil-linkCategoryHolder]
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Link the specified `categoryHolder` to the specified `category`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<ball_category.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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static
void
linkCategoryHolder(
    xref:BloombergLP/ball/Category.adoc[Category]* category,
    xref:BloombergLP/ball/CategoryHolder.adoc[CategoryHolder]* categoryHolder);
----

== Description

Load the specified `category` and its corresponding `maxLevel()` into the specified `categoryHolder`, and add `categoryHolder` to the linked list of category holders maintained by `category`.

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *category*
| category to which the holder is linked
| *categoryHolder*
| holder to load and link
|===


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