Hi,

Given a tree of modules that are available to the interpreter: 
A
A::B
A::B::C
A::B::D
A::B::E
A::C::D
A::C::E

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Is there a programmatic way to identify the names of modules that are children below a certain point in the tree, say "A::B" or just "A"?

My specific question is I have a number of log parsers which inherit from a superclass. I would like the superclass to 'offer' a log line to each parser (dynamically determined at run-time) as a test to see whether that parser can handle files in that format. For this to work, I need to be able to identify what subclasses exist under the superclass.

It would be possible to traverse each element of @INC, but that strikes me as rather ugly.

Is there a better way?

Thanks,

Ollie

In reply to How to identify available subclasses? by olliecook

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