I have long thought that Simple Modules should only be used for simple tasks, and since I normally do way too much with my xml, I have stuck with XML::Twig and XML::LibXML for the majority of my XML work. However in the case of using XML for an application config, this is what XML::Simple excels at.

In writing a bot for a jabber server, I have come across an error that I have yet to figure out. I have no problems getting the xml to parse until I use the POE::Component::Jabber::Client::XMPP module. Once I use the module and run, I get the error The only thing I know how to parse is a string. You have to fetch the data for me yourself. at /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/XML/Simple.pm line 287. Thinking that that meant I needed to read the file into a string first, I tried that, and got the same error.

Using this simple XML file: 
<?xml version ="1.0"?>
<config>
    <version>0.1</version>
    <application>
        <hostname>testme.com</hostname>
        <user>monk</user>
        <password>pass</password>
    </application>
</config>

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and this script: 
use POE::Preprocessor;
const XNode POE::Filter::XML::Node

use strict;
use warnings;

use POE qw/ Component::Jabber::Client::XMPP Component::Jabber::Error /
+;
use POE::Filter::XML::Node;
use POE::Filter::XML::NS qw/ :JABBER :IQ /;
use List::Util qw/ shuffle /;
use XML::Simple;

my $config = XMLin('test.xml');

use Data::Dumper();
warn Data::Dumper::Dumper( $config );

exit(0);

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I can repro the error. If I remove the 'Component::Jabber::Client::XMPP' part, the XML parses, but then my bot wouldn't work.

Has anyone run accross this and overcome the problem?

Also, I tried switching over to the Legacy module in place of the XMPP, and got the same error.

Don
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In reply to Jabber XMPP and XML::Simple conflict by BaldPenguin

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