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# aspects

This example illustrates how to implement aspects (as in Aspect-Oriented
Programming) using the event-driven programming support and hot patching
using categories. The example reuses the bank money transfer AOP example
as found in e.g.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect-oriented_programming

The following entities are defined:

- `bank` (object defining a bank with a transfer predicate)
- `accounts` (category defining balance, withdraw, and deposit predicates)
- `jane` and `john` (objects importing the `accounts` category)
- `security` (hot patching category limiting maximum amount per transfer)
- `logging` (event monitor object logging transfers)

Note that we could also have defined `security` as a monitor object with a
`before/3` event handle that would make a transfer fail when the maximum
amount is exceeded. The downside of this alternative is that we should not
rely in the calling order of event handlers and thus the check could be
applied before or after the logging message that a transfer is being
attempted.

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

```logtalk
%versions
```

Start by loading the example:

```logtalk
logtalk_load(aspects(loader)).
```

Transfer 100 from `john` account to `jane` account:

```logtalk
bank::transfer(john, jane, 100).
```

<!--
Attempting transfer:
  From:   john
  To:     jane
  Amount: 100
Transfer successful.
true.
-->

Try to transfer 400 from `jane` account to `john` account:

```logtalk
bank::transfer(jane, john, 400).
```

<!--
Attempting transfer:
  From:   jane
  To:     john
  Amount: 400
Maximum transfer amount (200) exceeded!
false.
-->
