Thanks for your reply Mark,

I have used XML::Simple, though I have found it frustrating when dealing with 
more complex XML. I was investigating XML::Smart as a potential replacement, 
however it's apparent non-compatibility with TT is a bit of a show stopper.

Thanks
Rob

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From: Thomas, Mark - BLS CTR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 29 June 2006 17:39
To: Robert Clarke; [email protected]
Subject: [SPAM] - RE: [Templates] Using XML::Smart with template toolkit
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> Assuming that I have some XML like this
> 
> <person>
>   <name>mr jones</name>
>   <contact>
>     <telephone>01234 5678910</telephone>
>   </contact>
> </person>
> 
> I can create an XML::Smart object using this XML and access 
> the values in perl as follows:
> 
> $telephoneno = $myxml->{person}->{contact}->{telephone};
> 
> If I pass the XML::Smart object into a TT template I would 
> expect this to display the telephone number
> 
> [% myxml.person.contact.telephone %]

It would seem that TT is getting hung up on Object::Multitype, which is
used by XML::Smart. Have you checked out XML::Simple? It creates a
regular hash, so if you do:
  my $person = XMLin($xml);

Then you can have the (normal) perl hash:
  my $telephoneno = $person->{contact}->{telephone};

And you should be able use it in your template:
  [% person.contact.telephone %]

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