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Return the number of categories in the registry.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<ball_administration.h>`

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static
int
numCategories();
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== Description

Return the number of categories in the registry of the logger manager singleton. The behavior is undefined unless the logger manager singleton has been initialized and is not in the process of being shut down.

== Return Value

number of categories in the registry


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