Howdy all! I find myself writing tons of mod_perl handlers and they inevitably start with:

package Blah;

use Module::I::Always::Use::1;
  ...
use Module::I::Always::Use::35;

sub handler
  {
  ...  same 50 lines of code that do validation/cleansing and then a j
+ump table to my real work functions ...
  }

sub setup_environment {}

sub work_function_1 {}
  ...
sub work_function_100 {}
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Is there any way to have a package that I can inherit all the boilerplate garbage? Copy pasting sucks and is horrible to maintain.

I envision something like:

-- Basehandler.pm --
package Basehandler;
use Module::I::Always::Use::1;
  ...
use Module::I::Always::Use::35;

sub handler
  {
  ...  same 50 lines of code that do validation and then a jump table 
+to my real work functions ...
  }

sub setup_environment
  {
  ....
  }

-- MyHandler/ForThisEndpoint.pm --
package MyHandler::ForThisEndpoint;
use Basehandler;

sub work_function_1 {}
  ...
sub work_function_100 {}

-- MyHandler/ForAnotherEndpoint.pm --
package MyHandler::ForAnotherEndpoint;
use Basehandler;

sub work_function_1 {}
  ...
sub work_function_100 {}
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Is there a way to do this? I have done the use parent Blah; thing with object oriented stuff and new() derived objects... this time though I don't really seem to have that option.

I have also thought of *handler = \&Basehandler::Handler(); in my MyHandler::ForThisEndpoint ... but that seems really dirty and once again I am boilerplating for like 5 functions I would like to stick in that same base package.

Thanks to anyone that can give me a pointer or a solution :)

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