Object obj = new Object( param1, param2 ); #### my $obj = new Object( $param1, $param2 ); #### package Constructor; use strict; use warnings; use Exporter; BEGIN { our @ISA; push @ISA, 'Exporter'; our @EXPORT = qw( ); our @EXPORT_OK = qw( ); } sub import { my $class = shift; my ($package, $filename, $line) = caller; no strict 'refs'; my $slot = $package . '::' . $class; # Input fields to our constructor my @FIELDS = qw( foo bar baz ); *$slot = sub { my $in_class = shift; my $params; if(ref($in_class) eq 'HASH') { $params = $in_class; $in_class = $class; } else { $params = shift || { }; } my $self = { map { $_ => $params->{$_} || '' } @FIELDS }; bless $self, $class; }; } 1; #### $ perl -MData::Dumper -I. -MConstructor -le '$obj = Constructor({ foo => 1 }); print Data::Dumper::Dumper($obj);' $VAR1 = bless( { 'bar' => '', 'baz' => '', 'foo' => 1 }, 'Constructor' );