# Catch method calls **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [February 10, 2006, 11:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/catch-method-calls/65336 "2006-02-10T11:53:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Imobach\_GonzSSSSlez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Imobach\_GonzSSSSlez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Imobach_GonzSSSSlez)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 11:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/catch-method-calls/65336/1 "2006-02-10T11:53:54Z")
Hi all, We were wondering if it’s possible to catch all method calls. I mean a kind of ‘hook’ that allow you to do something just before a method is executed. Browsing in the mailing list’s archives, we read this thread about this topic: [http://www.ruby-talk.org/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/668](http://www.ruby-talk.org/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/668). Anyway, this thread is pretty old, so we’d like to know if nowadays exists a mechanism to do that. Thank you all in advance! ---
**Author:** ![Imobach\_GonzSSSSlez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Imobach\_GonzSSSSlez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Imobach_GonzSSSSlez)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 1:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/catch-method-calls/65336/2 "2006-02-10T13:03:30Z")
This is a good read, if you want to implement such wrapper. It’s not old… 🙂 [http://tinyurl.com/93yy9](http://tinyurl.com/93yy9) gegroet, Erik V. ---
**Author:** ![Imobach\_GonzSSSSlez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Imobach\_GonzSSSSlez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Imobach_GonzSSSSlez)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/catch-method-calls/65336/3 "2006-02-10T16:03:53Z")
Check out Kernel#set\_trace\_func. Note it is very slow! Kent.