if (parser.next() != XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
                return convertText(text, clazz == rawType ? toType : TypeLiteral.get(clazz));
            }
        }

        if (String.class == clazz) {
            // mimic plexus: discard any strings containing nested XML
            while (parser.getEventType() == XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
                final String pos = parser.getPositionDescription();

        if (eventType == XmlPullParser.TEXT) {
            eventType = parser.next();
        }
        if (eventType != XmlPullParser.START_TAG && eventType != XmlPullParser.END_TAG) {
            throw new XmlPullParserException(
                    "expected START_TAG or END_TAG not " + XmlPullParser.TYPES[eventType], parser, null);
        }
        return eventType;
    } // -- int nextTag( XmlPullParser )