Category Bean

The category bean/object includes category-specific data. This bean/object contains information about a category itself, and does not describe any relationships to content items themselves.

Syntax

The following examples illustrate how to "get" and/or "set" various attributes of the category bean/object. Use whichever syntax feels best to you.

Loading the Bean

Load a category bean/object by any of the following attributes:

• categoryid
• name
• remoteid
• filename
• urltitle

<cfset categoryBean = m.getBean('category').loadBy(name='Mura CMS')>

Once you have a variable to reference the desired bean/object, you can use the example Getters and Setters below.

Getters

categoryBean.get('attributeName')
categoryBean.get{AttributeName}()
categoryBean.getValue('attributeName')

Setters

categoryBean.set('attributeName', 'someValue')
categoryBean.set{AttributeName}('someValue')
categoryBean.setValue('attributeName', 'someValue')

Usage

Use the category bean/object to access and/or manipulate a category.

Attributes

The table below lists available attributes.

Attribute	Description
categoryid	A unique identifier for the category.
datecreated	Date/time the category was created.
filename	URL-friendly path of the category.
isactive	Whether the category is active.
isfeatureable	Whether the category is able to be featured.
isinterestgroup	Whether the category is an interest group.
isnew	Whether the category is new.
isopen	Whether the category allows content assignments.
lastupdate	Date/time the category was last updated.
lastupdateby	Name of the user who last updated the category.
name	Name/title of the category.
notes	Notes for the category.
parentid	If category is a child, the CategoryID of the parent category.
path	A comma-delimited path of CategoryIDs to identify the ancestry of the category.
restrictgroups	A comma-delimited list of groups allowed to assign content to the category.
siteid	SiteID of the category.
urltitle	URL-friendly title/name of the category.