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% start by loading the example:

| ?- logtalk_load(roles(loader)). ...

% prototypes can declare and defined their own predicates:

| ?- prototype::foo(Foo).

Foo = 1 yes

% derived prototypes inherit predicates from their parents:

| ?- descendant::foo(Foo).

Foo = 2 yes

| ?- descendant::bar(X, Y).

X = 1, Y = 2 yes

% a class that is its own metaclass can access its own public predicates % using message sending:

| ?- superclass::foo(Foo).

Foo = 1 yes

% a class that doesn't have a metaclass cannot receive any message as % the predicate declaration lookup to answer to validate the message % would start in the metaclass:

| ?- subclass::current_predicate(_).

no

% an instance can receive messages for predicates declared in its % class(es) and in its class(es) superclass(es):

| ?- instance::current_predicate(P).

P = bar/2 ; P = foo/1 yes

| ?- instance::foo(Foo).

Foo = 2 yes

| ?- instance::bar(X, Y).

X = 1, Y = 2 yes

| ?- empty_instance::foo(Foo).

Foo = 1 yes