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Initialize the specified category `holder` for the specified `category`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<balm_metrics.h>`

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static
void
initializeCategoryHolder(
    xref:BloombergLP/balm/CategoryHolder.adoc[CategoryHolder]* holder,
    char const* category);
----

== Description

Load into the specified `holder` the address and enabled status of the specified `category`, and add `holder` to the list of category holders for `category`. The behavior is undefined unless the balm metrics manager singleton is valid.

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *holder*
| category holder to initialize
| *category*
| null‐terminated category name
|===


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