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---
layout: pattern
title: Execute Around
folder: execute-around
categories: pattern_cat
tags: pattern_tag
---
**Intent:** Execute Around idiom frees the user from certain actions that
should always be executed before and after the business method. A good example
of this is resource allocation and deallocation leaving the user to specify
only what to do with the resource.
![alt text](./etc/execute-around.png "Execute Around")
**Applicability:** Use the Execute Around idiom when
* you use an API that requires methods to be called in pairs such as open/close or allocate/deallocate.