sub do_something() { return 1; } #### package Utils; sub new { my $class = shift; my @args = @_; my $self = {}; $self->{toolset} = new Toolset; return bless $self, $class } sub read() { my $self = shift; $self->{low_level_stuff} = new Functions::LowLevel; } sub doSomeOperation() { return $self-{low_level_stuff}->read(); } package Toolset sub new {} sub read {} package Toolset::LowLevel @Toolset::LowLevel::ISA = qw( Toolset ); sub new {} sub read { my $self = shift; return $self->readLine(); }