package CommonObject; my $some_var; #constructor sub new{ my $class=shift; my $self = {} ; bless $self, $class; print Dumper($self); return $self; } 1; package MyObject; our @ISA = qw( CommonObject ); use strict; use warnings; sub new{ my $class=shift; my $testName=shift; my $self = CommonObject->new(); $self->$some_var="abcd"; print $self->$some_var; return $self; } 1; #!/usr/bin/perl use MyObject; my $obj=MyObject->new("lkj");