#!/usr/bin/perl

  my $obj = Multi->new() ;

  my $string = $obj ;
  $string .= '_x' ;
  print "*** $string\n" ;
  
  my $hash_a = $obj->{A} ;
  print "$hash_a\n" ;
  
  my $array_0 = $obj->[0] ;
  print "$array_0\n" ;
  
  $obj->method(qw(z y z)) ;
  
  print "Me as scalar: $obj\n" ;

#########
# MULTI #
#########

package Multi ;

 use Symbol ;
 use overload (
 '""' => 'string' ,
 '='  => 'copy' ,
 '0+'  => 'copy' , 
 '@{}'  => 'get_array' ,
 '%{}'  => 'get_hash' ,
 'fallback' => 1 ,
 ) ;

sub new {
  my $class = shift ;

  my $this = gensym ;
  bless($this,$class) ;
  
  my $scalar = 'Foo' ;
  *$this = \$scalar ;
  *$this = [qw(a b c)] ;
  *$this = {A => 10 , B => 20 , C => 30} ;

  return( $this ) ;
}

sub method {
  my $this = shift ;
  print "METHOD>> @_\n" ;
}

sub string {
  my $this = shift ;
  return( ${*$this} ) ;
}

sub copy {
  my $this = shift ;
  return( substr(${*$this} , 0 ) ) ;
}

sub get_array {
  my $this = shift ;
  return( \@{*$this} ) ;
}

sub get_hash {
  my $this = shift ;
  return( \%{*$this} ) ;
}

1;