$|=1;
use XML::Rules;
$xml = <<'*END*';
<doc>
<person>
<fname>Jane</fname>
<lname>Luser</lname>
<email>JLuser@bogus.com</email>
<address>
<street>Washington st.</street>
<city>Old Creek</city>
<country>The US</country>
<bogus>bleargh</bogus>
</address>
</person>
<person>
<fname>John</fname>
<lname>Other</lname>
<email>JOther@silly.com</email>
<address>
<street>Grant's st.</street>
<city>New Creek</city>
<country>Canada</country>
<bogus>sdrysdfgtyh <foo>degtrhy werthy</foo> drthyu</bogus>
</address>
</person>
</doc>
*END*
@rules = (
_default => 'content',
'^bogus' => undef, # means "ignore"
address => sub {delete $_[1]->{_content}; $_[1]},
person => 'as array',
doc => 'pass no content',
foo => sub {print "FOOOOOOOO\n"},
qr/^.name$/ => sub {print "Found a name!\n"; $_[0] => $_[1]->{_content}},
);
my $parser = new XML::Rules (
rules => \@rules,
# other options
);
my $result = $parser->parsestring($xml);
use Data::Dumper;
print Dumper($result);