This operation allows the creation of a package category. Only one category can be created per call. It allows both the basic category information to be set and for assignments to be made. The category can be assigned a child or parent given the child or parent specified exists. Also, the category can be given a name, assigned a rank, and assigned to existing selected packages.

A category name is required and cannot be blank, but all other fields are optional. The rank will default to 1 if not supplied for a parent category. It will be 0 for all child categories regardless of input. The maximum number of assignable packages is equal to the number of selected packages a customer owns.

For each customer, there is a maximum of 10 parent categories and a maximum of 50 children per parent. A category is classified as a parent if either of these cases are true:

1. The category has one or more categories assigned as a child of it.
2. The category has no categories assigned as a child of it and it is not assigned as a child of another category.

A category is classified as a child if it has a parent category assigned. A child category can only have one parent. It cannot be both a child and parent category. The operation will fail if an attempt is made to assign both fields.

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