in src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/shade/pom/MavenJDOMWriter.java [1253:1277]
protected Element updateElement(Counter counter, Element parent, String name, boolean shouldExist) {
Element element = parent.getChild(name, parent.getNamespace());
if (element != null && shouldExist) {
counter.increaseCount();
}
if (element == null && shouldExist) {
element = factory.element(name, parent.getNamespace());
insertAtPreferredLocation(parent, element, counter);
counter.increaseCount();
}
if (!shouldExist && element != null) {
int index = parent.indexOf(element);
if (index > 0) {
Content previous = parent.getContent(index - 1);
if (previous instanceof Text) {
Text txt = (Text) previous;
if (txt.getTextTrim().length() == 0) {
parent.removeContent(txt);
}
}
}
parent.removeContent(element);
}
return element;
}