#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; package Class::GetSet; sub new { my $class = shift; return bless({@_}, $class) } sub __set { $_[0]->{ $_[1] } = $_[2] } sub __get { return $_[0]->{ $_[1] } } use vars qw($AUTOLOAD); sub AUTOLOAD { no strict 'refs'; if ($AUTOLOAD =~ /^.*::(\w+)$/o && exists $_[0]->__has->{$1}->{'read'} ) { my $attr = $1; *{$AUTOLOAD} = sub { my $s = shift; return ($s->__get($attr, @_)) }; goto &$AUTOLOAD; } elsif ($AUTOLOAD =~ /^.*::set_(\w+)$/o && exists $_[0]->__has->{$1}->{'write'} ) { my $attr = $1; *{$AUTOLOAD} = sub { my $s = shift; return ($s->__set($attr, @_)) }; goto &$AUTOLOAD; } # subs like DESTROY return if $AUTOLOAD =~ /^.*::[A-Z]+$/; die "Unimplemented $AUTOLOAD"; } package Dummy; use base qw(Class::GetSet); sub __has { return { foo => { read => 1, write => 1 }, bar => { read => 1 } } } package main; my $d = Dummy->new( foo => 1, bar => 2); print "foo = '". $d->foo ."'\n"; $d->set_foo( 'xxx' ); print "foo = '". $d->foo ."'\n"; print "bar = '". $d->bar ."'\n"; $d->set_boo( 'xxx' );