translate xml file into hashtable using perl

[raj svs]

Hi, i am trying to convert xml file into hash table can any one help me, how to convert it using perl.

my xml file data like this
<data>
<name>raj</name>
<age>28</age>
<area>s.r nagar</area>
</data>

i have more comments like this in my xml file.
thanks

[RonB]

XML::Simple - Easy API to maintain XML (esp config files)
XML::Twig - A perl module for processing huge XML documents in tree mode.
XML::TreeBuilde r - Parser that builds a tree of XML::Element objects
XML::LibXML - Perl Binding for libxml2
Other related XML modules