#!/usr/bin/perl
#
# Lgr.pm
#
# Controls both logging to a file and to the screen
# you can set a verbosity for each independently
#
package Helper::Lgr;
use strict;
use warnings;
use v5.10.0;
use File::Basename;   
use File::Path qw(make_path);
use FindBin;
use Data::Dumper;
my $script = basename( $0, '.pl', '.pm' );

# Logger is a classic singleton pattern. We only want one instance in our code
my $instance = undef; 

sub getInstance {
    say "Get instance called from ".( caller );
    if ($instance) { # Already instantiated, check if we need to change any settings
        say  "Already instantiated";
        return $instance;
    }
    else {
        say  "Not yet instantiated";
    }
    my $class    = shift;
    my $instance = shift;  # settings to use
    $instance = {} unless $instance;
    die "$instance is not a hash ref\n" unless ref $instance eq 'HASH';
    bless $instance, $class; # we bless early so we can call methods on ourself

    ... And much more ...