I assume comments are not white space. Is that right? anonymous wrote : | 2.5 Comments | | [Definition: Comments may appear anywhere in a document outside other markup; in addition, they may appear within the document type declaration at places allowed by the grammar. They are not part of the document's character data; an XML processor may, but need not, make it possible for an application to retrieve the text of comments. For compatibility, the string "--" (double-hyphen) must not occur within comments.] Parameter entity references are not recognized within comments. | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4012935#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...