I'm trying to create an OO class that will parse an XML file to instantiate itself. I'm using XML::Parser:Expat. My question is: How do I pass OO Method References to the Expat parser? For a non-OO approach I would use:

use XML::Parser:Expat;
my $parser = new XML::Parser::Expat;
$parser->setHandlers('Start' => \&sh,
                     'End'   => \&eh,
                     'Char'  => \&ch);
.
.
sub sh {
    my ($p, $el, %atts) = @_;
.
.
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So, if sh, eh and ch are OO Methods, how does this work? Just as important, in the sh, eh and ch methods, will they receive a reference to "$this" as the first parameter? So far I know it's NOT:

sub parseNavigator {
    my $this = shift;
    my $parser = new XML::Parser::Expat;
    $parser->setHandlers('Start' => \&$this->sh,
                         'End'   => \&$this->eh,
                         'Char'  => \&$this->ch);
.
.
sub sh {
    my ($this, $p, $el, %atts) = @_;
.
.
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