#!/usr/bin/env perl package Base; use Moose; has title => ( is => 'rw', isa => 'Any' ); has start_year => ( is => 'rw', isa => 'Any' ); sub to_string { my $self = shift; return join "\n", ' Title: ' . $self->title, 'Start Year: ' . $self->start_year, ; } package Movie; use Moose; extends 'Base'; has based_on => ( is => 'rw', isa => 'Any' ); has company => ( is => 'rw', isa => 'Any' ); sub to_string { my $self = shift; return join "\n", $self->SUPER::to_string, ' Based On: ' . $self->based_on, ' Company: ' . $self->company, '', ; } package TV; use Moose; extends 'Base'; has end_year => ( is => 'rw', isa => 'Any' ); sub run_time { my $self = shift; return $self->end_year - $self->start_year; } sub to_string { my $self = shift; return join "\n", $self->SUPER::to_string, ' End Year: ' . $self->end_year, ' Run Time: ' . $self->run_time, '', ; } package main; use strict; use warnings; my %movies_data = ( Firefly => { title => 'Firefly', start_year => '2002', end_year => '2003', media => 'tv', }, 'The Avengers' => { title => 'The Avengers', start_year => '1998', end_year => '', media => 'film', based_on => 'television series', company => 'Thames Television', }, ); my @objects; for (keys %movies_data) { if ($movies_data{$_}{media} eq 'film') { push @objects, Movie->new( $movies_data{$_} ); } elsif ($movies_data{$_}{media} eq 'tv') { push @objects, TV->new( $movies_data{$_} ); } } print $_->to_string, $/ for @objects; #### package Factory; use MooseX::AbstractFactory; implementation_class_via sub { shift }; package main; use strict; use warnings; my %movies_data = ( Firefly => { title => 'Firefly', start_year => '2002', end_year => '2003', media => 'TV', # <--- real class name }, 'The Avengers' => { title => 'The Avengers', start_year => '1998', end_year => '', media => 'Movie', # <--- real class name based_on => 'television series', company => 'Thames Television', }, ); my @objects; for (keys %movies_data) { push @objects, Factory->create( $movies_data{$_}{media}, $movies_data{$_} ); } print $_->to_string, $/ for @objects;