Hello David,
I am looking for a class that stores zero or more items (e.g. a list)
and that provides accessors that accept and return scalar, list, and/or
array references depending upon context and object content (similar to
CGI.pm, but not exactly the same):
The `wantarray` function can be made use of. It helps in determining the
context.
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
package WishfulThinkingListClass;
sub new {
return bless [], __PACKAGE__;
}
sub set {
my ( $self, @values ) = @_;
@$self = @values;
return;
}
sub get {
my $self = shift;
if (wantarray) {
return @$self;
}
else {
if ( @$self > 1 ) {
return [@$self];
}
return $self->[0];
}
}
package main;
use Test::More 'tests' => 4;
my $obj = WishfulThinkingListClass->new();
$obj->set('foo');
my $value = $obj->get();
is( $value, 'foo', '$value = foo' );
my @values = $obj->get();
ok( eq_array( \@values, ['foo'] ), '@values = (foo)' );
$obj->set( 'bar', 'baz' );
$value = $obj->get();
ok( eq_array( $value, [ 'bar', 'baz' ] ), '$value = [ "bar", "baz" ]' );
@values = $obj->get();
ok( eq_array( \@values, [ 'bar', 'baz' ] ), '@values = ( "bar", "baz" )' );
__END__
Regards,
Alan Haggai Alavi.
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