Why have the package SNMPDevice be a class at all?

package SNMPDevice;
use strict;
use SNMPDevice::CiscoWLC;
use SNMPDevice::Juniper;
use SNMPDevice::Generic;

sub new {

    my( $class, %args ) = @_;
    my $instance_class;
    if( $args{ cisco } ) {
        $instance_class = 'SNMPDevice::CiscoWLC';
    } elsif( $args{ juniper }) {
        $instance_class = 'SNMPDevice::Juniper';
    } else {
        $instance_class = 'SNMPDevice::Generic';
    };

    return $instance_class->new( %args );

}

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In reply to Re: Can a class constructor create an instance of a derived class and return it? Or, can objects transmute into other objects? by Corion
in thread Can a class constructor create an instance of a derived class and return it? Or, can objects transmute into other objects? by poodad

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