SYNOPSIS

package MyObject;
use Class::MakeMethods::Template::ExternalData (
new => 'new',
scalar => 'foo',
);

package main;
my $obj = MyObject->new( foo => "Foozle" );
print $obj->foo(); # Prints Foozle
$obj->foo("Bamboozle"); # Sets $$obj
print $obj->foo(); # Prints Bamboozle

DESCRIPTION

Supports the Generic object constructor and accessors meta-method types, but uses scalar refs as the underlying implementation type, so only one accessor method can be used effectively.

Standard Methods

The following methods from Generic are all supported:

  new 
  scalar
  string
  string_index 
  number 
  boolean
  bits 
  array
  hash
  tiedhash
  hash_of_arrays
  object
  instance
  array_of_objects
  code
  code_or_scalar

See Class::MakeMethods::Template::Generic for the interfaces and behaviors of these method types.

However, note that due to special nature of this package, all accessor methods reference the same scalar value, so setting a value with one method will overwrite the value retrieved by another.