in src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/linkcheck/LinkMatcher.java [67:79]
private static String toString( File file, String encoding )
throws IOException
{
String content;
try ( Reader reader = ReaderFactory.newReader( file, encoding ) )
{
content = IOUtil.toString( reader );
}
// some link could be in comments, remove them
return content.replaceAll( "(?s)<!--.*?-->", "" );
}