here is the older code for future reference 
use XML::Twig;

# reading routines ; same way as xml::simple; it puts everything in a 
+easy to use arrayref.

my $xmldata = XML::Twig->new->parsefile('test.xml')->simplify( keyattr
+ => []);

# writing routines ; same way as xml::simple; 
# write the array to xml code and of'course get the indented for free 
+;)
  my $twig = XML::Twig->new(pretty_print => 'indented', empty_tags   =
+> 'html');
  my $elt = create_element(xml => $xmldata);
  undef($xmldata);
  $twig->set_root($elt);
  $twig->print(); # this output
  undef($twig);

sub create_element
{
    my $gi   = shift;
    my $data = shift;
    my $t = XML::Twig::Elt->new($gi);   

    if (ref $data) {
       while (my ($k,$v) = each(%$data)) {
          if ($k ne "outline") { 
# if the field is called "outline" it will be automatically put to
# CDATA else it will return normal escaped data.
            create_element($k, $v)->paste(last_child => $t); 
          } else { 
            $t->insert_new_elt( last_child => $k => { '#CDATA' => 1 },
+ $v); }
       }
    } else { $t->set_text($data); }
  
    $t;
}

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In reply to for future reference - old code by freakingwildchild
in thread XML::Simple functionality with XML::Twig ? by freakingwildchild

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