if ($xml->is_simple() and $xml->is_table_like()) {
use XML::RAX;
} elsif (size($xml) < too_big()) {
use XML::Simple;
} else {
use XML::Twig;
...
my $Data = $DataObj->simplify(forcearray => [...], keyattr =>{ ... }
+, group_tags => {...});
}
Update 2007-2-6: Tastes change. While I would probably still use XML::RAX for some tasks with table-like XML and XML::Simple for very simple XMLs, I'd most probably use my XML::Rules now. May look a bit twisted at first, but it's convenient and powerfull. IMHO of course ;-)