GroupCategory (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.GroupCategory

```
public class GroupCategory
extends java.lang.Object
```
A group category is used to annotate change groups so that they can be identified and filtered.
Note: this class is not intended to be subclassed

Since:

3.2

Restriction:

This class is not intended to be subclassed by clients.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`GroupCategory(java.lang.String id, java.lang.String name, java.lang.String description)`	Creates a new group category with the given name and description.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(java.lang.Object obj)`
`java.lang.String`	`getDescription()`	Returns the description of the group category.
`java.lang.String`	`getName()`	Returns the name of the group category.
`int`	`hashCode()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - GroupCategory
```
public GroupCategory(java.lang.String id,
                     java.lang.String name,
                     java.lang.String description)
```
    Creates a new group category with the given name and description.
    
    Parameters:
    
    id - a unique identifier
    
    name - the name
    
    description - the description
- Method Detail
  - getName
```
public java.lang.String getName()
```
    Returns the name of the group category.
    
    Returns:
    
    the name
  - getDescription
```
public java.lang.String getDescription()
```
    Returns the description of the group category.
    
    Returns:
    
    the description
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)
```
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class java.lang.Object
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class java.lang.Object