# parse the message (executed within eval so parsing errors are non-fatal)
	eval {
		$parsed_xml = XMLin(
			$message,
			forcearray => 1,
			keyattr => []
		);
	};

	# if parsing errors were encountered, write the appropriate message to the log
	if ($@) {
		&stop_it($ERROR, $XMLERROR, "Parsing error encountered - $@", $log_file);
	}

	$queue_name = $parsed_xml->{descriptor}->{inputQueue};
	&log_it($INFO, "inputQueue is $queue_name", $log_file);
	print Dumper($parsed_xml);

##</code><code>##

         'descriptor' => [
                            {
                              'uniqueId' => [
                                              'X\'414d51204d534f4c55303220202020203ed6d4ec00023332\''
                                            ],
                              'resubCounter' => [
                                                  '0'
                                                ],
                              'failureTimestamp' => [
                                                      '2004-01-13 15:00:00.000'
                                                    ],
                              'errorCode' => [
                                               '1234'
                                             ],
                              'messageType' => [
                                                 'TEST.MESSAGE'
                                               ],
                              'inputQueue' => [
                                                'BLACKHOLE'
                                              ],
                              'destinationSystem' => [
                                                       'NOWHERE'
                                                     ],
                              'dataFormat' => [
                                                'XML'
                                              ],
                              'portfolioCode' => [
                                                   'NONE'
                                                 ],
                              'errorDescription' => [
                                                      'Blackhole message'
                                                    ],
                              'sourceSystem' => [
                                                  'TEST'
                                                ]
                            }
                          ],
          'body' => [
                      {
                        'contents' => [
                                        'Some data'
                                      ]
                      }
                    ]