# Service
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Information about an Amazon service returned by the [DescribeServices](API_DescribeServices.md) operation.

## Contents
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 ** categories **   <a name="AWSSupport-Type-Service-categories"></a>
A list of categories that describe the type of support issue a case describes. Categories consist of a category name and a category code. Category names and codes are passed to Amazon Web Services Support when you call [CreateCase](API_CreateCase.md).  
Type: Array of [Category](API_Category.md) objects

 ** code **   <a name="AWSSupport-Type-Service-code"></a>
The code for an Amazon service returned by the [DescribeServices](API_DescribeServices.md) response. The `name` element contains the corresponding friendly name.  
Type: String

 ** name **   <a name="AWSSupport-Type-Service-name"></a>
The friendly name for an Amazon service. The `code` element contains the corresponding code.  
Type: String

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following:
+  [Amazon SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForCpp/support-2013-04-15/Service) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Java V2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaV2/support-2013-04-15/Service) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForRubyV3/support-2013-04-15/Service)