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GetRootCategory Method (String, CategoryConfiguration)

Gets the root category object for this catalog. The root category contains the list of all products and categories not contained in other categories.

Namespace:  Microsoft.CommerceServer.Catalog
Assembly:  Microsoft.CommerceServer.Catalog (in Microsoft.CommerceServer.Catalog.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetRootCategory ( _
    catalogName As String, _
    config As CategoryConfiguration _
) As Category
'Usage
Dim instance As CatalogContext
Dim catalogName As String
Dim config As CategoryConfiguration
Dim returnValue As Category

returnValue = instance.GetRootCategory(catalogName, _
    config)
public Category GetRootCategory(
    string catalogName,
    CategoryConfiguration config
)
public:
Category^ GetRootCategory(
    String^ catalogName, 
    CategoryConfiguration^ config
)
public function GetRootCategory(
    catalogName : String, 
    config : CategoryConfiguration
) : Category

Parameters

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.CommerceServer.Catalog..::.Category
A Category object describing the root category of catalog catalogName.

Remarks

Retrieves a category object which represents the “root” category. This category cannot be modified. The root category will not be a member of any collection and has no parent category. The GetRootCategory(catalogName, config) is the same as GetCategory(catalogName, String.Empty, nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), config) method.

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See Also

Reference

CatalogContext Class

CatalogContext Members

GetRootCategory Overload

Microsoft.CommerceServer.Catalog Namespace