NAME

Class::MakeMethods::Template::Scalar - Methods for blessed scalars

SYNOPSIS

package MyObject;
use Class::MakeMethods::Template::ExternalData (
  new             => 'new',
  scalar          => 'foo',
);

package main;

my $obj = MyObject->new( foo => "Foozle" );
print $obj->foo();		# Prints Foozle
$obj->foo("Bamboozle"); 	# Sets $$obj
print $obj->foo();		# Prints Bamboozle

DESCRIPTION

Supports the Generic object constructor and accessors meta-method types, but uses scalar refs as the underlying implementation type, so only one accessor method can be used effectively.

Standard Methods

The following methods from Generic are all supported:

new 
scalar
string
string_index 
number 
boolean
bits 
array
hash
tiedhash
hash_of_arrays
object
instance
array_of_objects
code
code_or_scalar

See Class::MakeMethods::Template::Generic for the interfaces and behaviors of these method types.

However, note that due to special nature of this package, all accessor methods reference the same scalar value, so setting a value with one method will overwrite the value retrieved by another.