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diff --git a/gen_object/a_cat.erl b/gen_object/a_cat.erl
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+% This is a cat. It behaves like a generic object.
+
+-module(a_cat).
+-behaviour(gen_object).
+-export([initialise/1, handle_message/3]).
+
+initialise([Name]) ->
+  {Name, "Meow"}.
+
+handle_message(say, [Word], {Name, Word}) ->
+  {Word, {Name, Word}};
+handle_message(say, _, State) ->
+  {"", State}.
diff --git a/gen_object/gen_object.erl b/gen_object/gen_object.erl
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+% This is the behaviour definition for a generic object.
+
+-module(gen_object).
+-export([new/2, delete/1, send/3]).
+
+-callback initialise(Args :: [any()]) -> State :: any().
+-callback handle_message(Msg :: atom(), Args :: [any()], State :: any()) -> {Response :: any(), New_State :: any()}.
+
+send(Obj, Msg, Args) ->
+  Obj ! {self(), Msg, Args},
+  receive
+    Response ->
+      Response
+  end.
+
+new(CBM, Args) ->
+  State = apply(CBM, initialise, [Args]),
+  spawn(fun() -> loop(CBM, State) end).
+
+loop(CBM, State) ->
+  receive
+    gen_object__bif__exit ->
+      ok;
+    {From, Msg, Args} ->
+      {Resp, New_State} = apply(CBM, handle_message, [Msg, Args, State]),
+      From ! Resp,
+      loop(CBM, New_State)
+  end.
+
+delete(Obj) ->
+  Obj ! gen_object__bif__exit.
diff --git a/gen_object/test_a_cat.erl b/gen_object/test_a_cat.erl
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+% This is where we test the cat to make sure that it does not bark.
+
+-module(test_a_cat).
+-export([main/0]).
+
+main() ->
+  MyCat = gen_object:new(a_cat, ["Fred"]),
+  FredSays = gen_object:send(MyCat, say, ["Woof"]),
+  gen_object:delete(MyCat),
+
+  io:format("Fred says: ~p~n", [FredSays]).