It sounds like you want to do polymorphism. This is a quick example that sounds like a starting point for you.

child1.pm 

package child1;

sub polyexample
  {
    my $class = shift;
    my $param1 = shift;
    my $param2 = shift;
    print "polyexample (child1) called with [$param1] and [$param2]\n"
+;
  }


1;

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child2.pm 

package child2;



sub polyexample
  {
    my $class = shift;
    my $param1 = shift;
    my $param2 = shift;
    print "polyexample (child2) called with [$param1] and [$param2]\n"
+;
  }


1;

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main.pl 

use strict;
use Carp;

my $class = shift;
my $method = shift;
my $param1 = shift;
my $param2 = shift;

eval("use $class");
if($@)
  {
    croak("Couldn't find package $class ($@) ");
  }

eval($class->$method($param1, $param2));
if($@)
  {
    croak ("couldn't invoke method #method on $class with params ($@)"
+)
  }

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Finally, here are the two example invocations: 

~/src/perl/poly$ perl main.pl child1 polyexample 1 2
polyexample (child1) called with [1] and [2]

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~/src/perl/poly$ perl main.pl child2 polyexample 1 2
polyexample (child2) called with [1] and [2]

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and an example failure

~/src/perl/poly$ perl main.pl child5 polyexample 1 2
Couldn't find package child5 (Can't locate child5.pm in @INC (@INC con
+tains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.1
+0.0 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/per
+l/5.10 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at (eval 1) line 2.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 1) line 2.

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And many wonderful permutations of this exist.

Still searching; Still seeking.

In reply to Re: dynamic perl calls by osunderdog
in thread dynamic perl calls by Anonymous Monk

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