I have a xml fragment as such:

<top_level>
   <name>test case</name>
   <junk>just some more tags</junk>
   <sub_level_1>
        <element name="attr1">
              <value format="inches">121</value>
              <modifier>add</modifier>
        </element>
        <element name="attr2">
              <value format="yards">1.5</value>
              <modifier>sub</modifier>
        </element>
   </sub_level_1>
</top_level>

In using XML::DT I can format it such that I get each value in the hash, but I am looking to reformat the hash via XML::DT.

%handler = ( -default => sub{$c}, 
            -type => {name => 'MAP',
                      junk => 'MAP',
                      sub_level_1 => 'SEQ', 
                      element => 'MAP'
                     });

returns
 $VAR = { name => 'test case',
          junk => 'just some more tags',
          sub_level_1 => start_array # submit form rejects bracket
                             {value => '121', modifier => 'add'},
                             {value => '1.5', modifier => 'sub'}
                            end_array}

what I would like to return is: (notice attributes are used as hash index)

                         
 $VAR = { name => 'test case',
          junk => 'just some more tags',
          sub_level_1 => { attr1 => {value => '121', modifier => 'add'},
                           attr2 => {value => '1.5', modifier => 'sub'}}}

Now I know this has to do with the declaring a sub function but I am having difficult with the pointers.

%handler = ( -default => sub{$c}, 
            -type => {name => 'MAP',
                      junk => 'MAP',
                      element => 'MAP'
                     },
            sub_level_1 => sub { split('\n', $c) } 
              # returns list of pointers
              # but need hash indexed by attribute name
              # This is where I need HELP - Please
           );

Thanks Joe

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