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# around_methods

This example illustrates how to use a complementing category to define what
is often described as an "around method". It uses the `@/1` control construct
that allows calling the original predicate definition (in the patched object)
from its new definition in the category. This control construct allows the new
definition to call some goals, followed by a call to the original definition,
followed by calls to some more goals, hence the name "around method".

Print Logtalk, Prolog backend, and kernel versions (if running as a notebook):

```logtalk
%versions
```

Start by loading the unpatched object:

```logtalk
logtalk_load(around_methods(bird)).
```

Call the unpatched `bird::make_sound/0` predicate:

```logtalk
bird::make_sound.
```

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Next load the complementing category defining the patch for the `bird::make_sound/0` predicate:

```logtalk
logtalk_load(around_methods(patch)).
```

Call the now patched `bird::make_sound/0` predicate:

```logtalk
bird::make_sound.
```

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