Read all categories including invisible

[bharatkasodariya]

I am trying to read all categories. For that I have written below code in jsp


//get kkeng from session.
com.konakart.al.CategoryMgr catMgr = kkEng.getCategoryMgr();
CategoryIf[] allCat=catMgr.getCats();
It returns only visible categories. Is there any method which can return invisible categories.

Thanks,
Bharat

[bharatkasodariya]

Is it possible?

[trevor]

When you set a category to be invisible, it isn't returned in the category tree of the storefront engine. If you know the id you can get it using the getCategory() API call.

[bharatkasodariya]

I have to read all categories on the front page including invisible. Can add some method in manager which can return all categories including invisible categories. I think that can be helpful in future.

[trevor]

The reason for setting them to be invisible is so that they aren't present in the category tree. If you want them to be present then set them to visible.

[bharatkasodariya]

I needed all categories including invisible for some page. If I make it visible then it will come in tree which I don't want. That's why I suggested to put some other method  which can return all categories. Will get it by executing query.