[jdom-interest] Parsing a comment like <!--- Hello

[Elliotte Harold]

> That does match the production given in the XML recommendation, so it is 
> valid XML:
> 
> Comment   ::=   '<!--' ((Char - '-') | ('-' (Char - '-')))* '-->'
> 
> The problem is that third "if" in the code, which returns "Comment data 
> cannot start with a hyphen." - according to the above production, 
> comment data *can* start with a hyphen, providing the hyphen is followed 
> by a non-hyphen. Surprised me!

I'd have to check the CVS logs to be sure, but this one's probably my 
fault. I just checked the XOM code base and I've got the same mistake 
there (fixed now, of course). Anyway, just delete the relevant if clause 
and all should be fine.

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