javadoc search enhancements

[Jonathan Gibbons]

Hannes,

In general, this is great work. Very nice.

I presume the "About this page" link and info are specific to the demo.  
In the product, I would expect such info to be in the HELP page, and to 
not contain references to JBS issues.

-- Jon


On 3/3/22 7:43 AM, Hannes Wallnoefer wrote:
> I’ve been working on various enhancements for the javadoc search feature for the past weeks and am looking for feedback.
>
> The enhancements are:
>
>   - Less strict search: Allowing the search query to consist of multiple space-separated tokens that can match anywhere in the indexed elements whithout the need to include verbatim delimiters such as `.` or `(`
>
>   - A standalone search page as an addition/alternative to the existing in-page popup search
>
>   - The ability to link to search queries, including use of the search page as a browser-configurable keyword search engine
>
> All these are explained in detail in the demo search page (click on „About this page“ to expand) along with exampes, instructions and links to the respective JBS issues.
>
> The demo page is availble here:  http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~hannesw/javadoc-search-page/api.05/search.html
>
> Looking forward to your feedback!
>
> Hannes