/// <summary>
/// Performs input validation and gets activity categories by ID, Name or by ID & Name.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="request">Request.</param>
/// <returns>List of activity categories found.</returns>
public static List<ActivityCategoryByNameGetReplyDC> GetActivityCategories(ActivityCategoryByNameGetRequestDC request)
{
List<ActivityCategoryByNameGetReplyDC> reply = null;
try
{
// Validates the input and throws ValidationException for any issues found.
request.ValidateRequest();
reply = ActivityCategoryRepositoryService.GetActivityCategories(request);
}
catch (ValidationException e)
{
e.HandleException();
}
catch (DataAccessException e)
{
e.HandleException();
}
return reply;
}