function &_getCategoryObject($category, $clang = false)
 {
     if (is_object($category)) {
         return $category;
     } elseif (is_int($category)) {
         return OOCategory::getCategoryById($category, $clang);
     } elseif (is_array($category)) {
         $catlist = array();
         foreach ($category as $cat) {
             $catobj = OOCategory::_getCategoryObject($cat, $clang);
             if (is_object($catobj)) {
                 $catlist[] = $catobj;
             } else {
                 return null;
             }
         }
         return $catlist;
     }
     return null;
 }
 function get()
 {
     $s = '';
     $s_self = '';
     $this->_depth = 0;
     if ($this->root_category === null) {
         $root_nodes = OOCategory::getRootCategories($this->ignore_offlines, $this->clang);
     } else {
         if (is_int($this->root_category) && $this->root_category === 0) {
             $root_nodes = OOArticle::getRootArticles($this->ignore_offlines, $this->clang);
         } else {
             $root_nodes = array();
             $root_category = OOCategory::_getCategoryObject($this->root_category);
             // Rootkategorien selbst nicht anzeigen, nur deren Kind-Elemente
             if (is_array($root_category)) {
                 foreach ($root_category as $root_cat) {
                     $this->_appendChilds($root_cat, $root_nodes);
                     $this->_appendArticles($root_cat, $root_nodes);
                 }
             } else {
                 $this->_appendChilds($root_category, $root_nodes);
                 $this->_appendArticles($root_category, $root_nodes);
             }
         }
     }
     if (is_array($root_nodes)) {
         foreach ($root_nodes as $node) {
             $s_self .= $this->_formatNode($node);
         }
         // Parent Tag nur erstellen, wenn auch Childs vorhanden sind
         if ($s_self != '') {
             $s .= '<' . $this->main_tag . $this->main_attr . '>';
             $s .= $s_self;
             $s .= '</' . $this->main_tag . '>';
         }
     }
     return $s;
 }