I like the idea of having Objects as accessors. It struck me that traits could be of use here. Here are two traits: The Getter:

package Class::Trait::TGetter;

use strict;
use warnings;

use Class::Trait 'base';

sub get
{
    my $self = shift;
    return $self->{object}->{$self->{property}};
}

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and the Setter:

package Class::Trait::TSetter;

use strict;
use warnings;
use Carp;

our $VERSION = '0.03';

use Class::Trait 'base';

#this doesnt work as expected
#our %OVERLOADS = ( '=' => "set" );

sub set
{
    my $self  = shift;
    my $value = shift;

    if ( my $sub = $self->{validate} )
    {
        if ( &$sub ($value) )
        {
            #print "assign $value to $self->{property}\n";
            $self->{object}->{$self->{property}} = $value;
        }
        else
        {
            croak "Illegal value assigned for property $self->{propert
+y}";
        }
    }
    else
    {
        #print "assign $value to $self->{property}\n";
        $self->{object}->{$self->{property}} = $value;
    }

}

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These are be "consumed" by a GetterSetter (There could also be a pure Getter and a pure Setter) class:

package GetterSetter;

use strict;
use warnings;

use Class::Trait
(
    'Class::Trait::TGetter' => {},
    "Class::Trait::TSetter" => {}
);

sub new
{
    my $class    = shift;
    my $self = {object=>shift, property=>shift, validate=>shift};

    return bless $self, $class;
}

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This class can be used by other classes as accessor:

package Person;

use warnings;
use strict;

use GetterSetter;

sub new
{
    my $class = shift;
    my %args  = @_;

    my $self = bless {}, $class;

    $self->age->set  ( $args{age}  || 0  );
    $self->name->set ( $args{name} || "" );

    return $self;
}

sub age
{
    my $self = shift;
    # return GetterSetter with validation
    return GetterSetter->new($self, "age", sub { return $_[0] =~ /^[0-
+9]+$/ });
}

sub name
{
    my $self = shift;
    # return GetterSetter without validation
    return GetterSetter->new($self, "name");;
}
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Now the Person class can be used

use Person;

eval
{
    my $p = Person->new(name => "holli", age => "30");
    print $p->name->get, ", ", $p->age->get, "\n";
};

eval
{
    my $p = Person->new();
    $p->name->set("holli");
    $p->age->set(30);
    print $p->name->get, ", ", $p->age->get, "\n";
};


#this croaks "Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call at..."
#but shouldn't because the setter should be overloaded
#Can you jump in [Ovid]?
eval
{
    my $p = Person->new();
    $p->name = "holli";
    $p->age  = 30;
    print $p->name->get, ", ", $p->age->get, "\n";
};
print $@;

#croaks "Illegal value assigned for property age..."
eval
{
    my $p = Person->new(name => "Santa Claus", age => "unknown");
    print $p->name->get, ", ", $p->age->get, "\n";
};
print $@;

#croaks "Illegal value assigned for property age..."
eval
{
    my $p = Person->new();
    $p->name->set("Santa Claus");
    $p->age->set ("unknown");
    print $p->name->get, ", ", $p->age->get, "\n";
};
print $@;
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Thoughts?

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