---
name: "Class::MakeMethods::Template::Scalar"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libclass-makemethods-perl"
version: "1.01-7"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Class::MakeMethods::Template::Scalar"
---

# Class::MakeMethods::Template::Scalar(3pm)

Methods for blessed scalars

## 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.