protected String checkTags(String s) {
        Pattern p = Pattern.compile("<(.*?)>", Pattern.DOTALL);
        Matcher m = p.matcher(s);

        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
        while (m.find()) {
            String replaceStr = m.group(1);
            replaceStr = processTag(replaceStr);
            m.appendReplacement(buf, replaceStr);
        }
        m.appendTail(buf);

        s = buf.toString();

        // these get tallied in processTag
        // (remember to reset before subsequent calls to filter method)
        for (String key : vTagCounts.keySet()) {
            for (int ii = 0; ii < vTagCounts.get(key); ii++) {
                s += "</" + key + ">";
            }
        }

        return s;
    }