hoppfrosch,

Below code should form the required data structure as mentioned by you in the question. By the way i cant commit that my code is the efficient answer. Other revered monks will be able to give you the answers in most efficient way 

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use XML::Rules;
use Data::Dumper;

my $xml = q(<root>
  <parent>p1 p2 <ch1>c1_1</ch1> p3 <ch2>c2</ch2> p4 <ch1>c1_2</ch1> p5
+</parent>
</root>);

my $parser =  XML::Rules->new (
  rules => [
    root => 'no content',
    parent => sub {    $_[1]->{text} = $_[1]->{_content}, delete $_[1]
+->{_content}, return ($_[0] => [$_[1]] , [$_[0] => $_[1]])} , 
    ch1 => 'content array',
    ch2 => 'content array',
    ]
);
my $result = $parser->parsestring($xml);


print Dumper $result;

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Regards,
Murugesan Kandasamy
use perl for(;;);

In reply to Re: XML::Rules: Can hierarchy be changed? by murugu
in thread XML::Rules: Can hierarchy be changed? by hoppfrosch

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