package InOutObj; use strict; use warnings; use Scalar::Util qw( refaddr ); { my( %upper, %lower ); sub new { return bless \do{ my $dummy }, shift; } sub getUpper { my $self = shift; return $upper{ refaddr $self }; } sub getLower { my $self = shift; return $lower{ refaddr $self }; } sub set { my ( $self, $arg ) = @_; $upper{ refaddr $self } = uc $arg; $lower{ refaddr $self } = lc $arg; return; } sub DESTROY { my $self = shift; delete $upper{ refaddr $self }; delete $lower{ refaddr $self }; return; } } 1; package main; use strict; use warnings; my $obj = new InOutObj; $obj->set('i LiKe WiNe'); # User should not be able to make up stuff on their own! print $obj->getUpper . "\n"; print $obj->getLower . "\n";