Docs For Class CategoryUtil

method buildPaths [line 1170]

The buildPaths(
cats
$cats, [field
$field = 'name'])

Given an array of categories (with the category-IDs being the keys of the array), return an (idenically indexed) array of category-paths based on the given field (name or id make sense)

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return:

resulting folder path array

Parameters:

cats	$cats	The associative categories object array
field	$field	Which field to use the building the path (optional) (default='name')

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method buildRelativePaths [line 1091]

The buildRelativePaths(
rootCatIDs
$rootCatIDs, cats
&$cats, [includeRoot
$includeRoot = false])

Given an array of categories (with the Property-Names being

the keys of the array) and it corresponding Parent categories (indexed with the Property-Names too), return an (identically indexed) array of category-paths based on the given field (name or id make sense)

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return:

resulting folder path array (which is also altered in place)

Parameters:

rootCatIDs	$rootCatIDs	The root/parent categories ID
cats	&$cats	The associative categories object array
includeRoot	$includeRoot	If true, the root portion of the path is preserved

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method buildRelativePathsForCategory [line 1119]

The buildRelativePathsForCategory(
rootCategory
$rootCategory, cat
&$cat, [includeRoot
$includeRoot = false])

Given a category with its parent category, return an (idenically indexed) array of category-paths based on the given field (name or id make sense)

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return:

resulting folder path array (which is also altered in place)

Parameters:

rootCategory	$rootCategory	The root/parent category
cat	&$cat	The category to process
includeRoot	$includeRoot	If true, the root portion of the path is preserved

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method cmpDesc [line 1027]

The cmpDesc(
catA
$catA, catB
$catB)

Compare function for ML description field

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return:

resulting compare value

Parameters:

catA	$catA	1st category
catB	$catB	2nd category

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method cmpName [line 1003]

The cmpName(
catA
$catA, catB
$catB)

Compare function for ML name field

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return:

resulting compare value

Parameters:

catA	$catA	1st category
catB	$catB	2nd category

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method copyCategoriesByID [line 617]

true copyCategoriesByID(
cid
$cid, newparent_id
$newparent_id)

Copy categories by ID (recursive copy)

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or false

Parameters:

cid	$cid	The categoryID we wish to copy
newparent_id	$newparent_id	The categoryID of the new parent category

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method copyCategoriesByPath [line 654]

true copyCategoriesByPath(
apath
$apath, newparent_id
$newparent_id, [field
$field = 'ipath'], [includeRoot
$includeRoot = true])

Copy Categories by Path (recurisve copy)

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or false

Parameters:

apath	$apath	The path to copy from
newparent_id	$newparent_id	The categoryID of the new parent category
field	$field	The field to use for the path reference (optional) (default='ipath')
includeRoot	$includeRoot	whether or not to also move the root folder (optional) (default=true)

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method copySubCategoriesByPath [line 638]

true copySubCategoriesByPath(
apath
$apath, newparent_id
$newparent_id, [field
$field = 'ipath'])

Copy SubCategories by Path (recurisve copy)

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or false

Parameters:

apath	$apath	The path to copy from
newparent_id	$newparent_id	The categoryID of the new parent category
field	$field	The field to use for the path reference (optional) (default='ipath')

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method deleteCategoriesByPath [line 490]

The deleteCategoriesByPath(
apath
$apath, [field
$field = 'ipath'])

Delete categories by Path

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return:

DB result set

Parameters:

apath	$apath	The path we wish to delete
field	$field	The (path) field we delete from (either path or ipath) (optional) (default='ipath')

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method deleteCategoryByID [line 467]

The deleteCategoryByID(
cid
$cid)

Delete a category by it's ID

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return:

DB result set

Parameters:

cid

$cid

The categoryID to delete

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method getCategories [line 69]

The getCategories(
[where
$where = ''], [sort
$sort = ''], [assocKey
$assocKey = ''], [
$enablePermissionFilter = true])

Return an array of categories objects according the specified where-clause and sort criteria.

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return:

resulting folder object array

Parameters:

where	$where	The where clause to use in the select (optional) (default='')
sort	$sort	The order-by clause to use in the select (optional) (default='')
assocKey	$assocKey	The field to use as the associated array key (optional) (default='')
	$enablePermissionFilter

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method getCategoriesByParentID [line 192]

The getCategoriesByParentID(
id
$id, [sort
$sort = ''], [relative
$relative = false], [all
$all = false], [assocKey
$assocKey = ''], [attributes
$attributes = null])

Return the direct subcategories of the specified category

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return:

resulting folder object

Parameters:

id	$id	The folder id to retrieve
sort	$sort	The order-by clause (optional) (default='')
relative	$relative	whether or not to also generate relative paths (optional) (default=false)
all	$all	whether or not to return all (or only active) categories (optional) (default=false)
assocKey	$assocKey	The field to use as the associated array key (optional) (default='')
attributes	$attributes	The associative array of attribute field names to filter by (optional) (default=null)

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method getCategoriesByPath [line 279]

The getCategoriesByPath(
apath
$apath, [sort
$sort = ''], [field
$field = 'ipath'], [includeLeaf
$includeLeaf = true], [all
$all = false], [exclPath
$exclPath = ''], [assocKey
$assocKey = ''], [attributes
$attributes = null])

Return an array of category objects by path without the root category

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return:

resulting folder object array

Parameters:

apath	$apath	The path to retrieve categories by
sort	$sort	The sort field (optional) (default='')
field	$field	The the (path) field to use (path or ipath) (optional) (default='ipath')
includeLeaf	$includeLeaf	whether or not to also return leaf nodes (optional) (default=true)
all	$all	whether or not to return all (or only active) categories (optional) (default=false)
exclPath	$exclPath	The path to exclude from the retrieved categories (optional) (default='')
assocKey	$assocKey	The field to use to build an associative key (optional) (default='')
attributes	$attributes	The associative array of attribute field names to filter by (optional) (default=null)

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method getCategoriesByRegistry [line 151]

The getCategoriesByRegistry(
registry
$registry)

Return an array of categories by the registry info

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return:

resulting folder object array

Parameters:

registry

$registry

The registered categories to retrieve

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method getCategoryByID [line 28]

The getCategoryByID(
cid
$cid)

Return a category object by ID

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return:

resulting folder object

Parameters:

cid

$cid

The category-ID to retrieve

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method getCategoryByPath [line 120]

The getCategoryByPath(
apath
$apath, [field
$field = 'path'])

Return a folder object by it's path

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return:

resulting folder object

Parameters:

apath	$apath	The path to retrieve by (simple path or array of paths)
field	$field	The (path) field we search for (either path or ipath) (optional) (default='path')

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method getCategoryTreeJS [line 815]

generated getCategoryTreeJS(
cats
$cats, [doReplaceRootCat
$doReplaceRootCat = true])

Get the java-script for the tree menu

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return:

tree JS text

Parameters:

cats	$cats	The categories array to represent in the tree
doReplaceRootCat	$doReplaceRootCat	Whether or not to replace the root category with a localized string (optional) (default=true)

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method getCategoryTreeStructure [line 842]

The getCategoryTreeStructure(
cats
$cats)

Return an array of folders the user has at least access/view rights to.

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return:

resulting folder path array

Parameters:

cats

$cats

The username we wish to get the folder list for

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method getParentCategories [line 237]

The getParentCategories(
id
$id, [assocKey
$assocKey = 'id'])

Return all parent categories starting from id

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return:

resulting folder object array

Parameters:

id	$id	The (leaf) folder id to retrieve
assocKey	$assocKey	whether or not to return an assocKeyiative array (optional) (default='id')

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method getSelector_Categories [line 905]

The getSelector_Categories(
cats
$cats, [field
$field = 'id'], [selected
$selectedValue = '0'], [name
$name = 'category[parent_id]'], [defaultValue
$defaultValue = 0], [defaultText
$defaultText = ''], [allValue
$allValue = 0], [allText
$allText = ''], [submit
$submit = false], [displayPath
$displayPath = false], [doReplaceRootCat
$doReplaceRootCat = true], [multipleSize
$multipleSize = 1], [
$fieldIsAttribute = false])

Return the HTML selector code for the given category hierarchy

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return:

HTML selector code for the given category hierarchy

Parameters:

cats	$cats	The category hierarchy to generate a HTML selector for
field	$field	The field value to return (optional) (default='id')
selected	$selectedValue	The selected category (optional) (default=0)
name	$name	The name of the selector field to generate (optional) (default='category[parent_id]')
defaultValue	$defaultValue	The default value to present to the user (optional) (default=0)
defaultText	$defaultText	The default text to present to the user (optional) (default='')
allValue	$allValue	The value to assign to the "all" option (optional) (default=0)
allText	$allText	The text to assign to the "all" option (optional) (default='')
submit	$submit	whether or not to submit the form upon change (optional) (default=false)
displayPath	$displayPath	If false, the path is simulated, if true, the full path is shown (optional) (default=false)
doReplaceRootCat	$doReplaceRootCat	Whether or not to replace the root category with a localized string (optional) (default=true)
multipleSize	$multipleSize	If > 1, a multiple selector box is built, otherwise a normal/single selector box is build (optional) (default=1)
	$fieldIsAttribute

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method getSubCategories [line 329]

The getSubCategories(
cid
$cid, [recurse
$recurse = true], [relative
$relative = true], [includeRoot
$includeRoot = false], [includeLeaf
$includeLeaf = true], [all
$all = false], [excludeCid
$excludeCid = ''], [assocKey
$assocKey = ''], [attributes
$attributes = null])

Return an array of Subcategories for the specified folder

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return:

resulting folder object array

Parameters:

cid	$cid	The root-category category-id
recurse	$recurse	whether or not to generate a recursive subcategory result set (optional) (default=true)
relative	$relative	whether or not to generate relative path indexes (optional) (default=true)
includeRoot	$includeRoot	whether or not to include the root folder in the result set (optional) (default=false)
includeLeaf	$includeLeaf	whether or not to also return leaf nodes (optional) (default=true)
all	$all	whether or not to include all (or only active) folders in the result set (optional) (default=false)
excludeCid	$excludeCid	CategoryID (root folder) to exclude from the result set (optional) (default='')
assocKey	$assocKey	The field to use as the associated array key (optional) (default='')
attributes	$attributes	The associative array of attribute field names to filter by (optional) (default=null)

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method getSubCategoriesByPath [line 374]

The getSubCategoriesByPath(
apath
$apath, [field
$field = 'ipath'], [recurse
$recurse = true], [relative
$relative = true], [includeRoot
$includeRoot = false], [includeLeaf
$includeLeaf = true], [all
$all = false], [excludeCid
$excludeCid = ''], [assocKey
$assocKey = ''], [attributes
$attributes = null])

Return an array of Subcategories for the specified folder

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return:

resulting folder object array

Parameters:

apath	$apath	The path to get categories by
field	$field	The (path) field we match by (either path or ipath) (optional) (default='ipath')
recurse	$recurse	whether or not to generate a recursive subcategory result set (optional) (default=true)
relative	$relative	whether or not to generate relative path indexes (optional) (default=true)
includeRoot	$includeRoot	whether or not to include the root folder in the result set (optional) (default=false)
includeLeaf	$includeLeaf	whether or not to also return leaf nodes (optional) (default=true)
all	$all	whether or not to include all (or only active) folders in the result set (optional) (default=false)
excludeCid	$excludeCid	CategoryID (root folder) to exclude from the result set (optional) (default='')
assocKey	$assocKey	The field to use as the associated array key (optional) (default='')
attributes	$attributes	The associative array of attribute field names to filter by (optional) (default=null)

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method getSubCategoriesForCategory [line 420]

The getSubCategoriesForCategory(
category
$category, [recurse
$recurse = true], [relative
$relative = true], [includeRoot
$includeRoot = false], [includeLeaf
$includeLeaf = true], [all
$all = false], [excludeCat
$excludeCat = null], [assocKey
$assocKey = ''], [attributes
$attributes = null], [sortField
$sortField = null])

Return an array of Subcategories by for the given category

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return:

resulting folder object array

Parameters:

category	$category	The root category to retrieve
recurse	$recurse	whether or not to recruse (if false, only direct subfolders are retrieved) (optional) (default=true)
relative	$relative	whether or not to also generate relative paths (optional) (default=true)
includeRoot	$includeRoot	whether or not to include the root folder in the result set (optional) (default=false)
includeLeaf	$includeLeaf	whether or not to also return leaf nodes (optional) (default=true)
all	$all	whether or not to return all (or only active) categories (optional) (default=false)
excludeCat	$excludeCat	The root category of the hierarchy to exclude from the result set (optional) (default='')
assocKey	$assocKey	The field to use as the associated array key (optional) (default='')
attributes	$attributes	The associative array of attribute field names to filter by (optional) (default=null)
sortField	$sortField	The field to sort the resulting category array by (optional) (default=null)

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method hasCategoryAccess [line 1241]

bool hasCategoryAccess(
array
$categories, 
$module, [int
$permLevel = ACCESS_OVERVIEW])

Check for access to a certain set of categories

For each category property in the list, check if we have access to that category in that property. Check is done as "Categories:Property:$propertyName", "$cat[id]::"

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True if access is allowed to at least one of the categories

Parameters:

array	$categories	Array of category data (as returned from ObjectUtil::expandObjectWithCategories).
int	$permLevel	Required permision level.
	$module

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method haveDirectSubcategories [line 785]

true haveDirectSubcategories(
cid
$cid, [countOnly
$countOnly = false], [all
$all = true])

Check whether the category $cid has subcategories (optional checks for leafe )

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or false

Parameters:

cid	$cid	The parent category
countOnly	$countOnly	whether or not to explicitly check for leaf nodes in the subcategories
all	$all	whether or not to return all (or only active) subcategories

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method isDirectSubCategory [line 728]

true isDirectSubCategory(
rootCat
$rootCat, cat
$cat)

Check whether $cid is a direct subcategory of $root_id

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or false

Parameters:

rootCat	$rootCat	The root/parent category
cat	$cat	The category we wish to check for subcategory-ness.

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method isDirectSubCategoryByID [line 704]

true isDirectSubCategoryByID(
root_id
$root_id, cid
$cid)

Check whether $cid is a direct subcategory of $root_id

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or false

Parameters:

root_id	$root_id	The root/parent ID
cid	$cid	The categoryID we wish to check for subcategory-ness.

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method isSubCategory [line 767]

true isSubCategory(
rootCat
$rootCat, cat
$cat)

Check whether $cat is a subcategory of $rootCat

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return:

or false

Parameters:

rootCat	$rootCat	The root/parent category
cat	$cat	The category we wish to check for subcategory-ness.

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method isSubCategoryByID [line 742]

true isSubCategoryByID(
root_id
$root_id, cid
$cid)

Check whether $cid is a subcategory of $root_id

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or false

Parameters:

root_id	$root_id	The ID of the root category we wish to check from
cid	$cid	The category-id we wish to check for subcategory-ness.

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method moveCategoriesByID [line 516]

true moveCategoriesByID(
cid
$cid, newparent_id
$newparent_id)

Move categories by ID (recursive move)

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return:

or false

Parameters:

cid	$cid	The categoryID we wish to move
newparent_id	$newparent_id	The categoryID of the new parent category

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method moveCategoriesByPath [line 558]

true moveCategoriesByPath(
apath
$apath, newparent_id
$newparent_id, [field
$field = 'ipath'], [includeRoot
$includeRoot = true])

Move Categories by Path (recursive move)

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return:

or false

Parameters:

apath	$apath	The path to move from
newparent_id	$newparent_id	The categoryID of the new parent category
field	$field	The field to use for the path reference (optional) (default='ipath')
includeRoot	$includeRoot	whether or not to also move the root folder (optional) (default=true)

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method moveSubCategoriesByPath [line 542]

true moveSubCategoriesByPath(
apath
$apath, newparent_id
$newparent_id, [field
$field = 'ipath'])

Move SubCategories by Path (recurisve move)

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return:

or false

Parameters:

apath	$apath	The path to move from
newparent_id	$newparent_id	The categoryID of the new parent category
field	$field	The field to use for the path reference (optional) (default='ipath')

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method rebuildPaths [line 1205]

void rebuildPaths(
[field
$field = 'path'], [sourceField
$sourceField = 'name'], [leaf_id
$leaf_id = 0])

Rebuild the path field for all categories in the database Note that the

Parameters:

field

$field

The field which we wish to populate (optional) (default='path')

sourceField

$sourceField

The field we use to build the path with (optional) (default='name')

leaf_id

$leaf_id

The leaf-category category-id (ie: we'll rebuild the path of this category and all it's parents) (optional) (default=0)

Note that field and sourceField go in pairs (that is, if you want sensical results)!

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method resequence [line 1063]

True resequence(
cats
$cats, [step
$step = 1])

Resequence the sort fields for the given category

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if something was done, false if an emtpy $cats was passed in

Parameters:

cats	$cats	The categories array
step	$step	The counting step/interval (optional) (default=1)

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method sortByLocale [line 1048]

The sortByLocale(
cats
&$cats, [func
$func = 'cmpName'])

Utility function to sort a category array by the current locate of either the ML name or description

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return:

resulting sorted category array (original array altered in place)

Parameters:

cats	&$cats	The categories array
func	$func	Which compare function to use (determines field to be used for comparison) (optional) (defaylt='cmpName')

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Class: CategoryUtil

Class Overview

Methods

Class Details

Class Methods

method buildPaths [line 1170]

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method buildRelativePaths [line 1091]

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method buildRelativePathsForCategory [line 1119]

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method cmpDesc [line 1027]

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method cmpName [line 1003]

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method copyCategoriesByID [line 617]

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method copyCategoriesByPath [line 654]

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method copySubCategoriesByPath [line 638]

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method deleteCategoriesByPath [line 490]

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method deleteCategoryByID [line 467]

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method getCategories [line 69]

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method getCategoriesByParentID [line 192]

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method getCategoriesByPath [line 279]

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method getCategoriesByRegistry [line 151]

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method getCategoryByID [line 28]

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method getCategoryByPath [line 120]

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method getCategoryTreeJS [line 815]

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method getCategoryTreeStructure [line 842]

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method getParentCategories [line 237]

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method getSelector_Categories [line 905]

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method getSubCategories [line 329]

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method getSubCategoriesByPath [line 374]

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method getSubCategoriesForCategory [line 420]

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method hasCategoryAccess [line 1241]

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method haveDirectSubcategories [line 785]

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