intercept nonexistent methods call

Bor has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello Monks,

I try to intercept nonexistent methods call in some subclass.
Yes, I know about AUTOLOAD,
but (for methods) it try to call parent::method first, then UNIVERSAL::method and only then ::AUTOLOAD.
But I need call (something like) ::AUTOLOAD at first.
Because I want to know what methods subclass try to call from parent.
Give me some advice about it please.

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Re: intercept nonexistent methods call by Corion (Patriarch) on Aug 04, 2011 at 08:31 UTC
If you don't want how inheritance dispatches method calls, maybe inheritance is the wrong way? Just create a separate class that inherits nothing and has an object of your "real" class. Give that class an AUTOLOAD method. In that AUTOLOAD method, log the calls and then either dispatch to the "real" class instance or whatever.	[reply]
Re^2: intercept nonexistent methods call by Bor (Beadle) on Aug 04, 2011 at 10:24 UTC
Thank you for reply. Forgot to say: subclass - is a test mock module, so I have Module & Module::Mock. In tests I redefine like this `local *Module::new = sub { Module::Mock->new(); };` [download] I want to see what methods called from this test module. And yes, you are right - maybe I not need inheritance from "real" class. Then I can control all methods calls.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: intercept nonexistent methods call by Bor (Beadle) on Aug 04, 2011 at 11:24 UTC
This is not working as I want :( If I comment "parent Module;" in Module::Mock. Then code `local *Module::new = sub { Module::Mock->new(); };` [download] do not gives any effect and in other modules Module->new() calls.	[reply] [d/l]