I am new to xml parsing and for the most part XML simple is able to read in my XML file just fine. However in the case that the child tags have empty values, XMLout will replace the child tag name with "name" and use the original tag as the new value. *THIS ONLY HAPPENS IF ALL CHILD TAGS WITHIN A PARENT HAVE NO VALUES*

Now I am not sure if it is my config flags that are wrong or if there is something else I am missing. Any pointers would be very much appreciated! Thanks! 

my $xs1 = XML::Simple->new(NoAttr=>1,KeepRoot=>1,NormaliseSpace=>1 );
my $xml_data = $xs1->parse_file($xml_path);
#print Dumper($xml_data);

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Example Original XML 

<BILLING>
 <ACCOUNT></ACCOUNT>
 <RTN></RTN>
</BILLING>

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Example Outputed XML 

<BILLING>
 <name>ACCOUNT</name>
 <name>RTN</name>
</BILLING>

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In reply to XML Simple not keeping same structure on xmlout() by johnnytc4

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