package TextClass; # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # NAME : TextFilter # CALLS : SUPER # NOTES : OVERRIDE the TextClass::TextFilter # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sub TextFilter { my $self = shift; my ( $sRef ) = @_; # Make the author BIG, BIG, BIG $$sRef =~ s,(Author\:.*?),<font size=10>$1</font>,gs; return $results = $$sRef; } package SomeSubclass; use TextClass (); use vars qw( @ISA ); @ISA = qw( TextClass ); sub TextFilter { my $self = shift; my ( $sRef ) = @_; # This is the note anchor of ptr-type notes $self->Filter_PTR_NotesForText( $sRef ); my $results = $self->SUPER::TextFilter( $sRef ); return $results; } 1; #!/l/local/bin/perl use TextClass; use SomeSubclass; # if compile time binding require "SomeSubclass.pm"; # if run time binding my $subclassObject = SomeSubclass->new( $collid ); my $text = qq{Author: Phil Farber<NOTE1 N="1">DLPS staff</NOTE1>}; $subclassObject->TextFilter( \$text ); exit;