I'm using Data::DumpXML to dump a complex data strcuture to XML, and when I restore it with Data::DumpXML::Parser its returning a reference to an array.
I've tried deferencing it by: 
my $newds = @{$new}

Data::DumXML::Parser output # NEW DATA STRUCTURE WITH ARRAY REF
$VAR1 = [
    bless( {
        'tree' => {
            'aggregatePsExtentTable' => {
                '1' => 'aggregatePsExtentEntry'

Data::Dumper output # ORIGINAL DATA STRUCTURE
$VAR1 = bless( {
         'tree' => {
             'aggregatePsExtentEntry' => {
                 '1' => 'aggPsExtentIndex',

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How can I grab the array ref so it's like the original? This should be simple

In reply to Restoring a DataStructure ?? by Anonymous Monk

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