Hi Monks!

I am parsing some XML but sometimes the XML doc coming in is not well formated, I am looking to trap the erros and after submit to myself an email. The problem I am having is this:
Software error:
Can't call method "appendChild" on an undefined value at

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And here is the code I am using. Is there any other way to trap the erros?
my $xp = XML::XPath->new(filename => $open_this);

#####Test
my ($parser,$list_item,$file_list,$root_node);
eval {
        $parser = XML::XPath::XMLParser->new( filename => $xp-> $open_
+this);

        $root_node = $parser->parse;
        $xp->find('/*', $root_node);
    };
    if ($@) {
        # if we get an error, include the details in the output.
        $list_item->appendChild(XML::XPath::Node::Text->new("ERROR par
+sing file '$open_this': ". $@) );
        $file_list->appendChild($list_item);
        next FILE;
    }

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Thanks!!!

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