use strict; use warnings; use XML::Twig qw( ); my $xml = <<'__EOI__'; __EOI__ { my $seen = ''; my $t = XML::Twig->new( twig_handlers => { 'ele' => sub { $seen .= $_->att('id') }, }, ); $t->parsestring($xml); print("$seen\n"); print($seen eq 'a' ? "Standard\n" : "Not standard\n"); print($seen eq 'a' || $seen eq 'abc' ? "Consistent\n" : "Not consistent\n"); } print("\n"); { my $seen_null = ''; my $seen_foo = ''; my $t = XML::Twig->new( map_xmlns => { 'uri:foo' => 'f', }, twig_handlers => { 'ele' => sub { $seen_null .= $_->att('id') || $_->att('f:id') }, 'f:ele' => sub { $seen_foo .= $_->att('id') || $_->att('f:id') }, }, ); $t->parsestring($xml); print("$seen_null:$seen_foo\n"); print($seen_null eq 'a' ? "Standard\n" : "Not standard\n"); print($seen_null eq 'a' || $seen_null eq 'abc' ? "Consistent\n" : "Not consistent\n"); print($seen_foo eq 'bc' ? "NS working\n" : "NS broken\n"); } #### ab Not standard Not consistent a:bc Standard Consistent NS working