package Thing; sub new { my($class, %option) = @_; my $self = { backend => "Thing::Backend::".$option{backend}, }; return bless $self, $class; } sub backend { my($self) = @_; return $self->{backend}; } package Thing::Backend::A; sub do { print "doing A\n"; } package Thing::Backend::B; sub do { print "doing B\n"; } package Thing::Backend::C; sub do { print "doing C\n"; } package main; my $x = Thing->new( backend => 'A' ); $x->backend->do();