package My::Actions; use Carp; sub factory { my ($class, $action) = @_; my %actions = ( open_file => 'My::Actions::OpenFile', open_stuff => 'My::Actions::OpenStuff', speak => 'My::Actions::Speak' ); croak "Unknown action ($action)" unless exists $actions{$action}; my $class = $actions{$action}; return $class->new; } sub do_stuff { my $class = shift; croak "Class ($class) did not implement do_stuff()"; }