Fix AUTOLOAD being triggered for overload methods

src/main/java/org/perlonjava/mro/InheritanceResolver.java

@@ -328,8 +328,8 @@ public static RuntimeScalar findMethodInHierarchy(String methodName, String perl
             }
 
             // Method not found in current class, check AUTOLOAD
-            if (!autoloadEnabled || methodName.equals("((") || methodName.equals("()")) {
-                // refuse to AUTOLOAD tie() flags and overload markers
+            if (!autoloadEnabled || methodName.startsWith("(")) {
+                // refuse to AUTOLOAD tie() flags and overload markers (all start with "(")
             } else {
                 // Check for AUTOLOAD in current class
                 String autoloadName = className + "::AUTOLOAD";

src/test/resources/unit/overload_autoload.t

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 3;
+
+# Test that overload methods (which start with '(') do not trigger AUTOLOAD
+# This is a regression test for a bug where accessing a blessed hash element
+# would incorrectly trigger AUTOLOAD with an empty method name when the class
+# used 'use overload' and had an AUTOLOAD sub defined.
+
+subtest 'overload with AUTOLOAD - basic hash access' => sub {
+    plan tests => 3;
+
+    package TestOverloadAutoload1;
+    use overload;
+
+    our $autoload_called = 0;
+    our $autoload_name = '';
+
+    sub AUTOLOAD {
+        our $AUTOLOAD;
+        $autoload_called = 1;
+        $autoload_name = $AUTOLOAD // '';
+    }
+
+    sub new {
+        my $class = shift;
+        return bless {}, $class;
+    }
+
+    package main;
+
+    my $obj = TestOverloadAutoload1->new;
+    ok(defined $obj, 'Object created');
+
+    # This should NOT trigger AUTOLOAD
+    $obj->{foo} = 1;
+
+    is($TestOverloadAutoload1::autoload_called, 0, 'AUTOLOAD was not called for hash access');
+    is($obj->{foo}, 1, 'Hash element was set correctly');
+};
+
+subtest 'overload with AUTOLOAD - nested hash access' => sub {
+    plan tests => 3;
+
+    package TestOverloadAutoload2;
+    use overload;
+
+    our $autoload_called = 0;
+
+    sub AUTOLOAD {
+        our $AUTOLOAD;
+        $autoload_called = 1;
+    }
+
+    sub new {
+        my $class = shift;
+        my $self = bless {}, $class;
+        $self->{OPTIONS} = { };
+        return $self;
+    }
+
+    package main;
+
+    $TestOverloadAutoload2::autoload_called = 0;
+    my $obj = TestOverloadAutoload2->new;
+    ok(defined $obj, 'Object with nested hash created');
+    is($TestOverloadAutoload2::autoload_called, 0, 'AUTOLOAD was not called during construction');
+    is(ref($obj->{OPTIONS}), 'HASH', 'Nested hash was created correctly');
+};
+
+subtest 'AUTOLOAD still works for actual missing methods' => sub {
+    plan tests => 3;
+
+    package TestOverloadAutoload3;
+    use overload;
+
+    our $autoload_called = 0;
+    our $autoload_name = '';
+
+    sub AUTOLOAD {
+        our $AUTOLOAD;
+        $autoload_called = 1;
+        $autoload_name = $AUTOLOAD // '';
+        return 'autoloaded';
+    }
+
+    sub new {
+        my $class = shift;
+        return bless {}, $class;
+    }
+
+    package main;
+
+    $TestOverloadAutoload3::autoload_called = 0;
+    my $obj = TestOverloadAutoload3->new;
+
+    # This SHOULD trigger AUTOLOAD
+    my $result = $obj->missing_method();
+
+    is($TestOverloadAutoload3::autoload_called, 1, 'AUTOLOAD was called for missing method');
+    is($TestOverloadAutoload3::autoload_name, 'TestOverloadAutoload3::missing_method', 'AUTOLOAD received correct method name');
+    is($result, 'autoloaded', 'AUTOLOAD returned correct value');
+};
+
+1;