I've got an object. Within the object there is a method. Within the method there is this line that establishes the handler for a HTML::Parser object:

$parser->handler(start => \&_add_link, 'tagname,attr');

The callback routine, _add_link, is another method within the object and needs access to some of the object's data to work properly. However, the above code doesn't do the trick because \&_add_link calls the object method directly since it doesn't use the arrow operator like so: \$self->_add_link

However, when I tryin using a reference to the method, I get:

Only code or array references allowed as handler at module.pm line 34.

I've tried a few variations to get this to work but I still get an error. Thanks.

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In reply to Proper syntax for using a method as a call back routine? by nysus

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