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The Perl 5 module Object::InsideOut provides comprehensive support
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for implementing classes using the inside-out object model.
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It implements inside-out objects as anonymous scalar references
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that are blessed into a class with the scalar containing the ID
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for the object (usually a sequence number). Object data (i.e.,
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fields) are stored within the class's package in either arrays
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indexed by the object's ID, or hashes keyed to the object's ID.
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The virtues of the inside-out object model over the 'blessed hash'
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object model have been extolled in detail elsewhere. Briefly,
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inside-out objects offer the following advantages over 'blessed
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hash' objects:
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* Encapsulation
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* Field Name Collision Avoidance
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* Compile-time Name Checking
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