public function getCatArticleCount($sCatId)
    {
        // current status unique ident
        $sActIdent = $this->_getUserViewId();

        // loading from cache
        $aCatData = $this->_getCatCache();

        if (!$aCatData || !isset($aCatData[$sCatId][$sActIdent])) {
            $iCnt = $this->setCatArticleCount($aCatData, $sCatId, $sActIdent);
        } else {
            $iCnt = $aCatData[$sCatId][$sActIdent];
        }

        return $iCnt;
    }