use Class::CGI handlers => { invoice_date => 'My::Date::Handler', sales_date => 'My::Date::Handler', }; #### package My::Date::Handler; use Carp; use My::Date; sub new { my $class = shift; my ( $cgi, $param_name ) = @_; $param_name =~ s/_date\z// or croak "Profile name expected to end in '_date': $param_name"; my %date = map { $_ => scalar $cgi->raw_param( $param_name . '_' . $_ ) } qw( month day year ); return My::Date->new( %date ); } 1;