question: public Object nextMeta ( ) throws JSONException { char c ; char q ; do { c = next ( ) ; } while ( Character . isWhitespace ( c ) ) ; switch ( c ) { case 0 : throw syntaxError ( "Misshaped meta tag" ) ; case '<' : return XML . LT ; case '>' : return XML . GT ; case '/' : return XML . SLASH ; case '=' : return XML . EQ ; case '!' : return XML . BANG ; case '?' : return XML . QUEST ; case '"' : case '\'' : q = c ; for ( ; ; ) { c = next ( ) ; if ( c == 0 ) { throw syntaxError ( "Unterminated string" ) ; } if ( c == q ) { return Boolean . TRUE ; } } default : for ( ; ; ) { c = next ( ) ; if ( Character . isWhitespace ( c ) ) { return Boolean . TRUE ; } switch ( c ) { case 0 : case '<' : case '>' : case '/' : case '=' : case '!' : case '?' : case '"' : case '\'' : back ( ) ; return Boolean . TRUE ; } } } }
target:  Returns the next XML meta token. This is used for skipping over <!...> and <?...?> structures.