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Chapter 11. Some Advanced Object Topics

You might wonder, "do all objects inherit from a common class?" "What if a method is missing?" "What about multiple inheritance?" "How come we haven't seen a reference to a filehandle yet?" Well, wonder no more. This chapter covers these subjects and more.



    		Chapter 1. Introduction
    		Chapter 2. Building Larger Programs
    		Chapter 3. Introduction to References
    		Chapter 4. References and Scoping
    		Chapter 5. Manipulating Complex Data Structures
    		Chapter 6. Subroutine References
    		Chapter 7. Practical Reference Tricks
    		Chapter 8. Introduction to Objects
    		Chapter 9. Objects with Data
    		Chapter 10. Object Destruction
    		Chapter 11. Some Advanced Object Topics
    		11.1 UNIVERSAL Methods
    		11.2 Testing Your Objects for Good Behavior
    		11.3 AUTOLOAD as a Last Resort
    		11.4 Using AUTOLOAD for Accessors
    		11.5 Creating Getters and Setters More Easily
    		11.6 Multiple Inheritance
    		11.7 References to Filehandles
    		11.8 Exercise
    		Chapter 12. Using Modules
    		Chapter 13. Writing a Distribution
    		Chapter 14. Essential Testing
    		Chapter 15. Contributing to CPAN
    		Appendix A. Answers to Exercises