private boolean skipComment(final String s) throws KNXMLException
	{
		if (s.startsWith("!--")) {
			String comment = s;
			while (canRead() && !comment.endsWith("--"))
				comment = read('>');
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}
private boolean skipComment ( final String s ) throws KNXMLException { if ( s . startsWith ( "!--" ) ) { String comment = s ; while ( canRead ( ) && ! comment . endsWith ( "--" ) ) comment = read ( '>' ) ; return true ; } return false ; }
checks if '<' marks begin of a comment, and if so skips over it