package Vehicle; use strict; use warnings; use Carp; use vars '$AUTOLOAD'; sub new { my $class = shift; croak "Incorrect number of parameters" if @_ % 2; my $self = bless {}, $class; $self->_init( @_ ); return $self; } sub AUTOLOAD { return if $AUTOLOAD =~ /::DESTROY$/; no strict 'refs'; my ($key) = $AUTOLOAD =~ /::(\w+)$/; *{$AUTOLOAD} = sub { my $self = shift; if ( exists $self->{$key} ) { if ( defined $_[0] ) { croak "$key is read only" if $self->_read_only( $key ); $self->{$key} = $_[0]; } else { return $self->{$key}; } } else { croak "$key is not valid for this class" if ! $self->_valid( $key ); return undef if ! defined $_[0]; $self->{$key} = $_[0]; } }; $AUTOLOAD->( @_ ); } 1;