Class related functionality in Perl is broken up into a variety of different modules. Class::Handle attempts to provide a convenient object wrapper around the various different types of functions that can be performed on a class. Currently, Class::Handle provides what is effectively a combined API from UNIVERSAL, Class::ISA and Class::Inspector for obtaining information about a Class, and some additional task methods, such as load to common tasks relating to classes. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Class-Handle/