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`setCategory` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<ball_log.h>`

Return or create the named category in the logger manager registry.


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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 the named category into the specified category holder.


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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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== Return Value

address of the named category, the _Default_ _Category_, or 0

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *categoryName*
| name of the category to look up or create
| *categoryHolder*
| holder to load with the category and threshold
|===


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