Integrated: JDK-8261499: Simplify HTML for javadoc links

[Hannes Wallnöfer]

On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 18:20:02 GMT, Hannes Wallnöfer <hannesw at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This change gets rid of `<span>` elements used in conjunction with HTML links whose only purpose is to apply a CSS class to the link. Instead, the CSS class attribute is applied directly to the link's `<a href="...">` element. 
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> There  are three CSS styles for links previously used with embedded or embedding `<span>` elements:
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>  - `type-name-link`, which was applied to a `<span>` element inside the link. This was generated by passing `true` as argument for the `strong` parameter in various get*Link methods. 
>  - `member-name-link` and `search-tag-link`, which were applied to a `<span>` element wrapping the link.
> 
> I could find no visual changes in the generated documentation with one exception:
> 
> [Class and interface links in the second column of "Uses" page tables][1] were previously wrapped in a `<span class="member-name-link">` element causing the whole class name (including non-linked parts such as type parameters) to be displayed with a bold font. With this change, the `type-name-link` style is applied only to the active link, leaving non-linked parts such as type parameters with normal font-weight. 
> 
> [1]: https://download.java.net/java/early_access/jdk17/docs/api/java.base/java/util/class-use/Map.html#java.util

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: da9895a0
Author:    Hannes Wallnöfer <hannesw at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/commit/da9895a0
Stats:     896 lines in 52 files changed: 44 ins; 49 del; 803 mod

8261499: Simplify HTML for javadoc links

Reviewed-by: jjg

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2516