$\="\n"; sub safecall{ db(@_); my $obj=shift; # TODO check object/class my ($meth,$a_args); while (@_){ $meth=shift; # TODO check method $a_args= (ref $_[0] eq "ARRAY" ? shift : []); $obj=$obj->$meth(@$a_args); # TODO check returned obj } print "-"x20; return $obj; }; my $safecall=\&safecall; my $obj={}; bless $obj, CLASS; #- USAGE/INTERFACE - $obj->$safecall( "meth1" ); $obj->$safecall( meth1=> meth2=> [3,4,5] ); $obj->$safecall( qw(meth1 meth2) ); $obj->$safecall( meth1=>[1,2,3] , meth2=> [3,4,5] ); $obj->$safecall( meth1=>[1,2,3] ) -> meth2(3,4,5); # still possible safecall($obj, meth1=>[1,2,3] , meth2=> [3,4,5]); # fuctional approach package CLASS; sub meth1 { my $self=shift; print "call meth1 with (@_)"; return $self; } sub meth2 { my $self=shift; print "call meth2 with (@_)"; return $self; }