When XMLin() reads the following very simple piece of XML:
    <opt username="testuser" password="frodo"></opt>
it returns the following data structure:
    {
      'username' => 'testuser',
      'password' => 'frodo'
    }

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use XML::Simple;
my $res = XML::Simple->new()
my $a_tag = $res->XMLin($text);