It depends how the object is implemented (which is, of course, something that, as a user of the object, you shouldn't be interested in).

Assuming that the object is a blessed hash, then you can get to all of its properties using standard hash lookup techniques.

my $obj = SomeObject->new;

foreach (keys %$obj) {
  print "$_ : $obj->{$_}\n";
}

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Of course, some of the properties may be complex data structures that you'd need to unravel yourself. You might be better off just using Data::Dumper.

As for methods, you can get a list of the defined methods by examining the object packages symbol table (the Devel::Symdump module is useful for this), but bear in mind that not all methods may be defined. A common trick is to use AUTOLOAD to simulate accessor methods.

Or perhaps you should just read the published interface for the object :)

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In reply to Re: Object properties and Methods by davorg
in thread Object properties and Methods by fmogavero

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