Adding comments to a POM.xml file through Java

Question

I am using org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader and org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Writer to perform read and write operations on a POM. I would like to add comments as well. I do not want to process the entire String again and write my logic to insert comments. Is there some other way to insert comments and comment out already present tags?

Answer 1

I know this is old but in case anyone else is looking... Comments in any xml file, including the POM in a Maven project are signified with with an exclamation tag

<!--my comment-->

Or an example block commented out

  <!--
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.group</groupId>
      <artifactId>anId</artifactId>
      <version>1.0.0</version>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
  -->