package WDSTreeHandler; use base qw(XML::SAX::Base); ... sub start_document { my ($self, $doc) = @_; } sub start_element { my ($self, $el) = @_; ... if ($level >= 0 && $el->{'LocalName'} =~ /folder|leaf/) { ## do some stuff and try to STOP PARSING } } sub end_element { ... } sub end_document { } 1;