How can I read a custom defined pattern from a file in Perl?

$cat error_log

<parameter>:test_tot_count
<result>:1
<stderr>:Expected "test_tot_count=2" and the actual value is 3
test_tot_count = 3
<parameter>:test_one_count
<result>:0
<stderr>:Expected "test_one_count=2" and the actual value is 0
test_one_count = 0
<parameter>:test_two_count
<result>:4
<stderr>:Expected "test_two_count=2" and the actual value is 4
test_two_count = 4
...

my $err_msg = "";
while (<ERR_LOG>)
{
    if (/<parameter>:/)
    {
        s/<parameter>://;
        push @parameter, $_;
    }
    elsif (/<result>:/)
    {
        s/<result>://;
        push @result, $_;
    }
    elsif (/<stderr>:/)
    {
        if (length($err_msg) > 0)
        {
            push @stderr, $err_msg;
        }
        s/<stderr>://;
        $err_msg = $_;
    }
    else
    {
        $err_msg .= $_;
    }
 }
 if (length($err_msg) > 0)
 {
    push @stderr, $err_msg;
 }

use 5.010;

while (<ERR_LOG>) {
    chomp;
    given ($_) {
        when ( m{^<parameter>: (.*)}x )  { push @parameter, $1     }
        when ( m{^<result>:    (.*)}x )  { push @result,    $1     }
        when ( m{^<stderr>:    (.*)}x )  { push @stderr,    $1     }
        default                          { $stderr[-1]   .= "n$_" }
    }
}

use 5.010;

my @records;

my $prev_key;

while (<ERR_LOG>) {
    chomp;
    given ($_) {
        when ( m{^<parameter>  }x ) { push(@records, {}); continue;          }
        when ( m{^<(w+)>: (.*)}x ) { $records[-1]{$1} = $2; $prev_key = $1; }
        default                     { $records[-1]{$prev_key} .= "n$_";     }
    }
}

(
    {
        parameter => 'test_one_count',
        result    => 0,
        stderr    => qq{Expected "test_one_count=2" and the actual value is 0ntest_one_count=0},
    },
    {
        parameter => 'test_two_count',
        result    => 4,
        stderr    => qq{Expected "test_two_count=2" and the actual value is 4ntest_two_count=4},
    }
)

my( $err_msg , %data );

while (<ERR_LOG>) {
  if(( my $key ) = $_ =~ s/^<(parameter|result|stderr)>:// ) {
    if( $key eq 'stderr' ) {
      push @{ $data{$key} } , $err_msg if $err_msg;
      $err_msg = $_;
    }
    else { push @{ $data{$key} } , $_ }
  }
  else { $err_msg .= $_ }
}

# grab the last err_msg out of the hopper
push @{ $data{stderr} } , $err_msg;

if (/^<parameter>:/)

if (/^<parameter>:(.*)/s)
{
  push @parameter, $1;
}