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copied!<p>Although I don't like using it, defining an <code>AUTOLOAD</code> subroutine is a way to create arbitrary classes on the fly. It's been a while since I used it, but it should look something like this:</p> <pre><code>package Local::Foo; sub new { my $class = shift; my $self = {}; bless $self, $class; return $self; } sub AUTOLOAD { my $self = shift; my $value = shift; our $AUTOLOAD; (my $method = $AUTOLOAD) = s/.*:://; if ( defined $value ) { $self->{$method} = $value; } return $self->{$method}; } </code></pre> <p>This class <code>Local::Foo</code> has an infinite amount of methods. For example, if I said </p> <pre><code>$foo->bar("fubar"); </code></pre> <p>This would be the same as:</p> <pre><code>$foo->{bar} = "foobar"; </code></pre> <p>If i called <code>$foo->bar;</code>, it will return the value of <code>$foo->{bar};</code>.</p> <p>You probably want something to limit your method's style, and their values. For example, with this:</p> <pre><code>$foo->BAR; $foo->Bar; $foo->bar; </code></pre> <p>are all three valid and completely different methods. You probably want something to make sure your methods match a particular pattern (i.e., they're all lowercase, or the first letter is uppercase and the rest are lowercase. You probably want to make sure they start with a letter so, <code>$foo->23diba;</code> isn't a valid method.</p> <p>One little problem: Once you define an <code>AUTOLOAD</code> subroutine, you also define <code>DESTROY</code> subroutine too. Perl calls the <code>DESTROY</code> subroutine before an object is destroyed. You need to handle the issue if <code>$AUTOLOAD =~ /.*::DESTROY$/</code> too. You may need to add:</p> <pre><code>return if $AUTOLOAD =~ /.*::DESTROY$/; </code></pre> <p>somewhere in the <code>AUTOLOAD</code> subroutine, so you don't accidentally do something when <code>DESTROY</code> is called. Remember, it's automatically called whenever a class object falls out of scope if one exists, and with <code>AUTOLOAD</code>, you've defined one anyway.</p>

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