package myObject; use strict; use warnings; use vars '$VERSION'; $VERSION = 1.00; my %serverMap = ( default => { ipaddress => "127.0.0.1", dsn => "default", userid => "sa", password => "password", instance => "instance" } ); # use the arguments in $serverMap{ default } as attribute defaults sub new { my $class = shift; my %self = ( %{ $serverMap{ default } }, @_ ); bless \%self, $class; } sub printMe { my $self = shift; print "------ Available Servers ------\n"; for my $server ( keys %$self ) { print "\nServer: ", $server, "\n"; for my $cr ( keys %{ $self->{$server} } ) { print "\t$cr => $self->{$server}{$cr}\n"; } } } sub addServer { my ( $self, $srvName, $hrCreds ) = @_; $self->{$srvName} = $hrCreds; } sub removeServerMap { my $self = shift; %$self = (); } sub deleteServer { my ( $self, $srvName ) = @_; delete $self->{$srvName}; } 1;