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`defaultCategory` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `&lt;ball&lowbar;categorymanager&period;h&gt;`

Return a non&hyphen;`const` reference to the _Default_ _Category_ in this category registry&period; The behavior is undefined unless `addDefaultCategory` has been called&period;


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xref:BloombergLP/ball/Category.adoc[Category]&
xref:BloombergLP/ball/CategoryManager/defaultCategory-03.adoc[defaultCategory]();
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[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/ball/CategoryManager/defaultCategory-03.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#

Return a `const` reference to the _Default_ _Category_ in this category registry&period; The behavior is undefined unless `addDefaultCategory` has been called&period;


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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xref:BloombergLP/ball/Category.adoc[Category] const&
xref:BloombergLP/ball/CategoryManager/defaultCategory-0e.adoc[defaultCategory]() const;
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/ball/CategoryManager/defaultCategory-0e.adoc[_» more&period;&period;&period;_]#


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