# skbio.io.registry.IORegistry.monkey_patch

`IORegistry.``monkey_patch`()

  Monkey-patch read and write methods onto registered classes.

  State: Stable as of 0.4.0.

  Will modify classes which have been registered to a reader or writer to have read and write methods which will contain documentation specifying useable formats for that class.

  The actual functionality will be a pass-through to skbio.io.read and skbio.io.write respectively.