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`lookupCategory` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<ball_loggermanager.h>`

Return the address of the modifiable category named `categoryName`.


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xref:BloombergLP/ball/Category.adoc[Category]*
xref:BloombergLP/ball/LoggerManager/lookupCategory-07.adoc[lookupCategory](char const* categoryName);
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Return the address of the non‐modifiable category named `categoryName`.


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xref:BloombergLP/ball/Category.adoc[Category] const*
xref:BloombergLP/ball/LoggerManager/lookupCategory-09.adoc[lookupCategory](char const* categoryName) const;
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== Return Value

* address of the modifiable category, or 0 if none exists
* address of the non‐modifiable category, or 0 if none exists

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *categoryName*
| name of the category to look up
|===


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