package Base; sub new { my $package = shift; my $id = shift; return bless { id => $id, }, $package; } sub id { my ($self, $id) = @_; $self->{id} = $id if defined $id; return $self->{id}; } 1; package NameDecorator; sub new { my $package = shift; my $base_or_decorated = shift; my $self = $base_or_decorated->new(@_); $self->{name} = undef; return $self->{name}; } sub name { my ($self, $name) = @_; $self->{name} = $name if defined $name; return $self->{name}; } 1; ...do the same for an AgeDecorator #### use Base; use NameDecorator; use AgeDecorator; my $decorated = AgeDecorator->new(NameDecorator->new(Base->new('id1'))); $decorated->name('Edith'); $decorated->age(93); #### package NameProto; use strict; use base qw(Base::Decorator); sub new { my $self = shift->SUPER::new(@_); $self->{age} = 0; no strict 'refs'; my $package = ref($self->{base}); *{$package . '::name'} = sub { my ($self, $name) = @_; $self->{name} = $name if defined $name; return $self->{name}; }; return bless $self, $package; } sub name { return shift->{base}->name(@_); } 1;