An alternate possibility would be to use the magic of the AUTOLOAD subroutine, to access data. This would allow for greater simplicity, when it comes to adding methods.
our $AUTOLOAD;
sub AUTOLOAD {
my $self = shift;
ref($self) or return; # Non-OO/Not an autoloaded method..?
return if ( $AUTOLOAD =~ /DESTROY/ ); # don't mess with garbage
+collection
( my $method = $AUTOLOAD ) =~ s{.*::}{};
my ( $code, $name, $ATTRname );
if ( $method =~ /get_(\w+)/ ) {
my $ATTRname = lc($1);
# Could possibly do a check to make sure we have one of a group o
+f specific
# attributes with.
#
# if ( $ATTRname =~ /^(?:html_error_string|error_type|password_va
+lid|user_id
# |other|stuff|you|want|to|access)$/x
# ) {}
no strict qw{refs};
# create and register the method
*{$AUTOLOAD} = sub {
my $self = shift;
return $self->{$ATTRname};
};
unshift @_, $self;
goto &{$AUTOLOAD};
}
return;
}
Gyan Kapur
gyan.kapur@rhhllp.com