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Return the address of the non&hyphen;modifiable category held by this holder&period;

== Synopsis

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

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----
xref:BloombergLP/ball/Category.adoc[Category] const*
category() const;
----

== Return Value

address of the held category&semi; may be null


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