use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; use XML::Twig; my $twig = XML::Twig->new( start_tag_handlers => { 'UML:Class' => \&ulm_class, }, twig_handlers => { 'UML:Class' => sub { $_[0]->purge }, # purge at the end of each section, 'UML:Attribute' => \¨_attr, } ); $twig->parsefile( 'testfile.xmi' ); sub uml_class { my ( $twig, $section ) = @_; print "data for class:\n"; print " name = ", $section->att( 'name' ), "\n"; print " xmi.id = ", $section->att( 'xmi.id' ), "\n"; } sub uml_attr { my ( $twig, $attr ) = @_; # if you need the class id, it's in $attr->parent( ''UML:Class')->attr( 'xmi.id') $attr->print; print Dumper( $struct ); # parse the block and extract the data elements $twig->purge; }