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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Ilya Martynov (http://martynov.org/)

In reply to Re: Module Data Dump. by IlyaM
in thread Module Data Dump. by dakedesu

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