How do I avoid 'hard coded' require at the top of my module and place require A::N::Other::typeOne; inside the eval{};? 
package Some::Class;

my $typeToTableLookup = {
    'typeOne' => 'classOne',
    'typeTwo' => 'classTwo',
};

require A::N::Other::typeOne;   # Remove these
require A::N::Other::typeTwo;   # two lines...

sub new
{
    my ($proto, $type) = @_;
    my $class = ref($proto) || $proto;
    die( "Note type must be specified.\n" ) unless $type;
    my $self = bless { type => $type }, $class;
    return $self;
}

sub doSomeFoo
{
    my ($self, $id) = @_;

    my $typeTableName = $$typeToTableLookup{$self->{type}}
        or die( "Type does not have a class\n" );

    my $classFile = 'A::N::Other::'.ucfirst($typeTableName);
    my $fooOb;
    eval {
        # require $classFile;   # ... and replace them here.
        $fooOb = $classFile->doSomeBar($id);
    };
    die $@ if $@;
    
    return \$fooOb;
}

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Or am I missing the point (as usual :P)?

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In reply to Arbritrarily requireing classes. by graq

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