I'm constructing a UI via WxWidgets and will be using an XML file for the configuration allowing it to be modified outside of my perl code. My question is how can I determine the number of buttons needed for creation based on the layout of my XML code below? 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<install type="module" version="1.0.0">
    <name>TEST</name>
    <notebook_tabs>
    <tab index="1">Create
        <button 
        internal_name="test1" 
        parent="-1" 
        text="button 1" 
        x_coordinate="5" 
        y_coordinate="5" 
        x_size="-1" 
        y_size="-1" 
        evt_1="EVT_BUTTON" 
        evt_1_function="testclick" />

        <button 
        internal_name="test2" 
        parent="-1" 
        text="button 2" 
        x_coordinate="50" 
        y_coordinate="50" 
        x_size="-1" 
        y_size="-1" 
        evt_1="EVT_BUTTON" 
        evt_1_function="testclick2" />

    </tab>
    <tab index="2">Assign</tab>
    </notebook_tabs>
</install>

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Below is my test code...I'm able to retrieve the tabs data but can't seem to determine the number of buttons and the params for each. 
use strict;
use warnings;

use XML::Simple;

my $config = XMLin('C:\path\tp\test.xml');

use Data::Dumper;
#print Dumper($config);

my @tabs = $config->{notebook_tabs};

print Dumper(@tabs);

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Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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