package MyDataFile; sub new { my $p = shift; my $class="MyDataFile"; my $self = { fields => { }, filename => undef }; bless $self, $class; return $self; } sub filename { my $self = shift; if ( $_[0] ) { $self->{filename} = shift; } return $self->{filename}; } sub addField { my ($self,$field_name,$start,$length)=@_; $self->{fields} = { fieldname=>$field_name, start=> $start, length=> $length }; } sub getField { my ($self,$fieldname)=@_; return $self->{fields}->{$fieldname}; } sub getAllFieldnames { my $self=shift; return keys %{$self->{fields}}; } 1;