}

    /**
     * Removes HTML comment tags from the content.
     *
     * @param content the content to process
     * @return the content with comment tags removed
     */
    protected String removeCommentTag(final String content) {
        if (content == null) {
            return StringUtil.EMPTY;
        }
        String value = content;
        int pos = value.indexOf("<!--");
        while (pos >= 0) {