This is an interesting topic discussed many times in the past; a simple Super Search will show these nodes:

• Plugin based Perl app
• Runtime loading of arbitrary objects, includes code and explanations from davorg and merlyn, introduces the Factory design pattern
• How to a construct objects with variables as class names?, more examples
• Class::Factory -Base class for a factory, lachoy introduces Class::Factory
• using a variable to specify which perl module to use, with an explanation written today by tye :)

Ciao, Valerio

See using a variable to specify which perl module to use, which you scrolled past in order to get to the input box to post your question. (:

Though it doesn't cover some complications that can be had in some situations (but probably not yours) and you probably can just skip the import parts since you are using an OO module (and we could probably skip those in the other thread too).

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Thanks, I will. I think it's perltoot, though.