my $xml = 'ApplicationList.xml';
my $xp = XML::XPath->new(filename => $xml);
my $appxpath =  $xp->findnodes("//application_list/application/");
my %appid = ();
my %appname = ();
foreach my $appnodeset ($appxpath->get_nodelist) {
  my $id = $xp->find('./@id',$appnodeset);
  my $name = $xp->find('./@name',$appnodeset);
	#$name = $_->string_value;
  s/^\s+|\s+$//g for $id,$name;
  $appid{$id} = {$name->string_value};
   
}
print Dumper \%appid;

##</code><code>##

$VAR1 = {
          '1103' => {
                      'cccc' => undef
                    },
          '2667' => {
                      'bbbb' => undef
                    },
          '957' => {
                     'aaaa' => undef
                   },
          '1503' => {
                      'dddd' => undef
                    }
        };

##</code><code>##

$VAR1 = {
          '1103' => 'cccc',
          '2667' => 'bbbb',
          '957' => 'aaaa', 
          '1503' => 'dddd' 
        };