# # Usage: # sub config { # my ($self, $config) = (shift, @_); # UpdateHash($self->{CONFIG}, $config); # } sub UpdateHash { my ($CONFIG, $config) = @_; $CONFIG = {} unless ref($CONFIG) eq "HASH"; $config = {} unless ref($config) eq "HASH"; for my $param (keys %$config) { if (ref($config->{$param}) eq "HASH") { $CONFIG->{$param}={} if ref($CONFIG->{$param}) ne "HASH"; UpdateHash($CONFIG->{$param}, $config->{$param}); } else { $CONFIG->{$param} = $config->{$param}; } } return $CONFIG; } # # Example # my $main = {}; UpdateHash( $main, { PARAM1 => "value1", PARAM2 => 15, } ); UpdateHash( $main, { PARAM2 => 123, PARAM3 => { DATA1 => "value31", DATA2 => "value32", }, } ); UpdateHash( $main, { PARAM3 => { DATA2 => "newvalue32", }, } ); # Here $main is equal to this : # { # PARAM1 => "value1", # PARAM2 => 123, # PARAM3 => { # DATA1 => "value31", # DATA2 => "newvalue32", # }, # }