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`setCategory` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<ball_log.h>`

Return from the logger manager singleton's category registry the address of the non‐modifiable category having the specified `categoryName` if such a category exists, or if a new category having `categoryName` can be added to the registry (i.e., if the registry has sufficient capacity to accommodate new entries); otherwise, return the address of the non‐modifiable _Default_ _Category_. Return 0 if the logger manager singleton is not initialized.


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static
xref:BloombergLP/ball/Category.adoc[Category] const*
xref:BloombergLP/ball/Log/setCategory-07.adoc[setCategory](char const* categoryName);
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Load into the specified `categoryHolder` the address of the non‐modifiable category having the specified `categoryName` if such a category exists, or if a new category having `categoryName` can be added to the registry (i.e., if the registry has sufficient capacity to accommodate new entries); otherwise, load the address of the non‐modifiable _Default_ _Category_. Also load into `categoryHolder` the maximum threshold level of the category ultimately loaded into `categoryHolder`. This method has no effect if the logger manager singleton is not initialized.


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static
void
xref:BloombergLP/ball/Log/setCategory-00.adoc[setCategory](
    xref:BloombergLP/ball/CategoryHolder.adoc[CategoryHolder]* categoryHolder,
    char const* categoryName);
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