ugly :)

#!/usr/bin/perl --
use strict; use warnings;
my $fudge = {
    "Orders" => {
        "GeneralDescription" => "General Instruction Section",
        "order1"             => { "type" => "print" },
        "order2"             => { "type" => "print" }
    }
};
use Data::Dump qw' dd ';
dd $fudge;

#~ $xmlrecord
#~ ...{GeneralDescription} = ...('/Orders/GeneralDescription');
#~ ...{order1}             = ...('/Orders/order1/type/@type');
#~ ...{order2}             = ...('/Orders/order2/type/@type'); 

my @paths = fudge( $fudge );
dd \@paths;
my %xmlrecord = map { $$_[0] => ($$_[1]) } @paths;
dd \%xmlrecord ;


use Data::Diver qw' Dive ';

sub fudge {
    my $ref = shift;
    my @paths;
    if( my $orders = Dive $ref, 'Orders' ){
        while( my( $key, $value ) = each %$orders ){
            if( ref $value ){
                my( $type ) = keys %$value;
                push @paths, [ $key, join '/', 'Orders', $key, $type, 
+'@'.$type ];
            } else {
                push @paths, [ $key, join '/', 'Orders', $key ];
            }
        }
    }
    return @paths;
}
__END__
{
  Orders => {
    GeneralDescription => "General Instruction Section",
    order1 => { type => "print" },
    order2 => { type => "print" },
  },
}
[
  ["GeneralDescription", "Orders/GeneralDescription"],
  ["order2", "Orders/order2/type/\@type"],
  ["order1", "Orders/order1/type/\@type"],
]
{
  GeneralDescription => "Orders/GeneralDescription",
  order1 => "Orders/order1/type/\@type",
  order2 => "Orders/order2/type/\@type",
}
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