package Test::Class; use strict; use warnings; sub new { my ($className, $config) = @_; my $self = {}; bless $self, $className; $self->{config} = \%{$config}; return $self; } sub doSomething { my ($self, $what) = @_; print $self->{config}->{$what} . "\n";; } 1; #### #!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use lib '.'; use Test::Class; my $t = Test::Class->new( { name => 'bob', } ); $t->doSomething('name');