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Return the address of the specified `categoryHolder`&period;

== Synopsis

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

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----
xref:BloombergLP/ball/CategoryHolder.adoc[BloombergLP::ball::CategoryHolder] const*
ball&lowbar;log&lowbar;getCategoryHolder(xref:BloombergLP/ball/CategoryHolder.adoc[BloombergLP::ball::CategoryHolder] const& categoryHolder);
----

== Description

Note that this function facilitates consistent lookup of block&hyphen;scope and class&hyphen;scope category holders (see &quot;Logging Macro Reuse&quot; in the &quot;IMPLEMENTATION NOTES&quot; of the component implementation file for details)&period;

== Return Value

address of the specified `categoryHolder`

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *categoryHolder*
| category holder whose address is returned
|===


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