Class::Declare allows class authors to specify public, private and protected attributes and methods for their classes, giving them control over how their modules may be accessed. The standard object oriented programming concepts of public, private and protected have been implemented for both class and instance (or object) attributes and methods. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/~ibb/Class-Declare/Declare.pm - Sergey Karatkevich simarg@gmail.com