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