package CentralOffice; my %events; my %names; my $counter = 0; sub subscribe { my $self = shift; my ($event, $callback, $name) = @_; $event = lc $event; $name ||= sprintf( "subscription_%04d", $counter++ ); $name = lc $name; $events{$event} ||= {}; # This is the subscribe step $events{$event}{$name} = $callback; return $name; } sub unsubscribe { my $self = shift; my ($event, $name) = @_; $event = lc $event; $name = lc $name; # This is the unsubscribe step return delete $events{$event}{$name}; } sub publish { my $self = shift; my ($event, @args) = @_; return unless %{$events{$event}}; # This is the publish step. $_->(@args) for values %{$events{$event}}; return 1; }