if (String.class == clazz) {
            // mimic plexus: discard any strings containing nested XML
            while (parser.getEventType() == XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
                final String pos = parser.getPositionDescription();
                Logs.warn("Expected TEXT, not XML: {}", pos, new Throwable());
                parser.skipSubTree();
                parser.nextTag();
            }
            return "";
        }