* any.
     * @return int
     */
    private int nextTag(XmlPullParser parser) throws IOException, XmlPullParserException {
        int eventType = parser.next();
        if (eventType == XmlPullParser.TEXT) {
            eventType = parser.next();
        }
        if (eventType != XmlPullParser.START_TAG && eventType != XmlPullParser.END_TAG) {
            throw new XmlPullParserException(

     * @param parser The XML parser
     * @return Converted Properties instance
     */
    private static Properties parseProperties(final XmlPullParser parser) throws Exception {
        final Properties properties = newImplementation(parser, Properties.class);
        while (parser.nextTag() == XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
            parser.nextTag();
            // 'name-then-value' or 'value-then-name'

    <exportedPackage>org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.Xpp3Dom</exportedPackage>
    <exportedPackage>org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.Xpp3DomBuilder</exportedPackage>
    <exportedPackage>org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlPullParser</exportedPackage>
    <exportedPackage>org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlPullParserException</exportedPackage>
    <exportedPackage>org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlSerializer</exportedPackage>