in reply to Module Data Dump.

I am creating a module, for my own use, that will take an object an create an XML document based on the data inside that object, whether the object be a SCALAR, ARRAY, HASH, or an object defined by a user.

Sounds like XML::Dumper.

I have it set up, so that it starts by taking an object, and then either asking if it has a certain function that returns allow of the methods that the person wants to store data returned from, or checking if the object is a hash, array, or scalar. I have not debugged it yet, and I want to know ahead of time will the code:

Not sure I understand the question. Are you asking how to find if object has some method? It is easy: 

my $object = whatever;
my $method = whatever;

if($object->can($method)) {
    print "Has method $method\n";
} else {
    print "Has no method $method\n";
}

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See perldoc UNIVERSAL.

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Re: Re: Module Data Dump.
by dakedesu (Scribe) on Mar 27, 2002 at 20:25 UTC

    Well, the thing I was asking was how would I call the method defined in the variable. I already have the code testing with UNIVERSAL::can. I think I have just about figured it out: 

    my $data = &{$object->$method};
# do stuff with Data...

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    I will check out those modules though, cause there are several high chances that they will do this better than me.

    Sorry about how short my last message was, I was running out of time on a public terminal.

    DakeDesu teh Confused Werewolf.
    In perl, only those who are bless'd are treated as objects
    (Webpages under construction)

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        You mean that will actually work? Well, it certainly seems logical :)

        DakeDesu teh Confused Werewolf.
        In perl, only those who are bless'd are treated as objects
        (Webpages under construction)

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