#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use autodie; use constant { VALUE => 0, DEFER => 1, }; use JSON; my $json_file = 'pm_11145036_parm_defaults.json'; my $par = decode_json( do { local $/; open my $fh, '<', $json_file; <$fh>; } ); sub _get { my ($key) = @_; if (! defined $par->{$key}[VALUE]) { _get($par->{$key}[DEFER]) } else { return $par->{$key}[VALUE]; } } sub _set { my ($key, $value) = @_; if (! defined $par->{$key}[DEFER]) { warn "Can't change factory default: '$key'.\n"; } else { $par->{$key}[VALUE] = $value; } return; } # Some examples of usage: print 'margin-left = ', _get('margin-left'), "\n"; _set('margin-horizontal', 20); print 'margin-left = ', _get('margin-left'), "\n"; _set('margin-left', 30); print 'margin-left = ', _get('margin-left'), "\n"; print 'margin = ', _get('margin'), "\n"; _set('margin', 50); print 'margin = ', _get('margin'), "\n";