package TextClass; sub TextFilter { my $self = shift; my ( $sRef ) = @_; # Make the author BIG, BIG, BIG $$sRef =~ s,(Author\:.*?),<font size=10>$1</font>,gs; return $results; } package SomeSubclass; use TextClass (); use vars qw( @ISA ); @ISA = qw( TextClass ); sub TextFilter { my $self = shift; my ( $sRef ) = @_; # NO CALL TO SUPER !! # Make the author SMALL SMALL SMALL $$sRef =~ s,(Author\:.*?),<font size=2>$1</font>,gs; return $results; } 1; # ************************************************** # ************************************************** # ************************************************** # # In the file text-idx (main program # # ************************************************** #!/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 = 'Author: Phil Farber'; $subclassObject->TextFilter( \$text ); exit;