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Here's my fevered imaginings.

With more than two derived classes, I'd use a hash or perhaps an array in B holding references to the constructors of the derived classes. It depends on how much the program may be extended in the future.

package B; sub new { my $class = shift; # ignore my $type = shift; if ($type == 1) { return D1->new(@_); } elsif ($type == 2) { return D2->new(@_); } else { return undef; } } # more as appropriate package D1; @D1::ISA = qw( B ); sub new { # paranoia check # you may not want this and I haven't tested it anyway return unless caller eq 'B'; # more as appropriate } package D2; @D2::ISA = qw( B ); sub new { # you may not want this and I haven't tested it anyway return unless caller eq 'B'; }

Update: You might have to do something like the following:

package B; my @models; # factory model, get it? sub add { my $self = shift; my $child_coderef = shift; push @models, $child_coderef; } sub new { my $class = shift; # ignore my $type = shift; return unless $type; my $child_coderef = @models[$type - 1]; return unless defined &$child_coderef; return $child_coderef->(@_); } package D3; @D3::ISA = qw( B ); use B; # gotta be done here B->add(\&new); sub new { # etc }
That's where I'd start my experimenting. Good luck!

In reply to Re: Factory Pattern for Class Heirarchy by chromatic
in thread Factory Pattern for Class Heirarchy by dcorbin

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