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<h2><code><a class="back" title="Return to index" href="../index.html#implements_protocol2_3">implements_protocol/2-3</a></code></h2>
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<h4>Description</h4>

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implements_protocol(Object, Protocol)
implements_protocol(Category, Protocol)

implements_protocol(Object, Protocol, Scope)
implements_protocol(Category, Protocol, Scope)
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	Enumerates, by backtracking, all pairs of entities such that an object or a category implements a protocol.
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<h4>Template and modes</h4>

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implements_protocol(?object_identifier, ?protocol_identifier)
implements_protocol(?category_identifier, ?protocol_identifier)

implements_protocol(?object_identifier, ?protocol_identifier, ?scope)
implements_protocol(?category_identifier, ?protocol_identifier, ?scope)
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<h4>Errors</h4>

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		<dt>Object is neither a variable nor a valid object identifier:</dt>
			<dd><code>type_error(object_identifier, Object)</code></dd>
		<dt>Category is neither a variable nor a valid category identifier:</dt>
			<dd><code>type_error(category_identifier, Category)</code></dd>
		<dt>Protocol is neither a variable nor a valid protocol identifier:</dt>
			<dd><code>type_error(protocol_identifier, Protocol)</code></dd>
		<dt>Scope is neither a variable nor a valid entity scope:</dt>
			<dd><code>type_error(scope, Scope)</code></dd>
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<h4>Examples</h4>

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| ?- implements_protocol(List, listp).

| ?- implements_protocol(List, listp, public).
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Last updated on: October 21, 2001
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