Hi Dears,

I have a XML file like below :

I want to customize this xml file by perl code and remove perldata tags, hashref tags. also I want to add employee value in the tag like <employee> not like <item key=" employee"> and also for other tags, I used dumper in this regards.

Is there any easy way to make this XML file simpler?

<perldata>
 <hashref memory_address="0xa7ab680">
  <item key="employee">
   <arrayref memory_address="0xa7dc1a8">
    <item key="0">
     <hashref memory_address="0xa7ab584">
      <item key="age">
       <hashref memory_address="0xa7ab338">
        <item key="dob">10-02-1927</item>
       </hashref>
      </item>
      <item key="department">
       <hashref memory_address="0xa7ab1d0">
        <item key="departmentname">Operations</item>
        <item key="title">Manager</item>
       </hashref>
      </item>
      <item key="location">
       <hashref memory_address="0xa7ab068">
        <item key="town">
         <hashref memory_address="0xa7aaffc">
          <item key="county">East Ayrshire</item>
          <item key="name">Auchinleck</item>
         </hashref>
        </item>
       </hashref>
      </item>
      <item key="name">
       <hashref memory_address="0xa7ab518">
        <item key="forename">John</item>
        <item key="surname">Doe</item>
       </hashref>
      </item>
      <item key="************">M</item>
     </hashref>
    </item>
    <item key="1">
     <hashref memory_address="0xa7aae64">
      <item key="age">
       <hashref memory_address="0xa7aac90">
        <item key="dob">05-03-1914</item>
       </hashref>
      </item>
      <item key="department">
       <hashref memory_address="0xa78c490">
        <item key="departmentname">Internet</item>
        <item key="title">Watcher</item>
       </hashref>
      </item>
      <item key="location">
       <hashref memory_address="0xa798da4">
        <item key="town">
         <hashref memory_address="0xa798d38">
          <item key="county">South A</item>
          <item key="name">AYR</item>
         </hashref>
        </item>
       </hashref>
      </item>
      <item key="name">
       <hashref memory_address="0xa7aadf8">
        <item key="forename">Craig R.</item>
        <item key="surname">Moral</item>
       </hashref>
      </item>
      <item key="************">M</item>
     </hashref>
    </item>
   </arrayref>
  </item>
 </hashref>
</perldata>
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