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Add to this category registry a new category having the specified `categoryName`, possibly changed by the registered category name filter callback, and default threshold levels if (the possibly filtered) `categoryName` is not present in the registry and the number of categories in the registry is less than the registry capacity&period; Return the address of the (possibly newly&hyphen;created) non&hyphen;modifiable category having (the possibly filtered) `categoryName`, if such a category exists, and the address of the non&hyphen;modifiable _Default_ _Category_ otherwise&period; The behavior is undefined unless `categoryName` is null&hyphen;terminated&period; Note that a valid category address is _always_ returned&period;

== Synopsis

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

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xref:BloombergLP/ball/Category.adoc[Category] const*
setCategory(char const* categoryName);
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