[jdk11u-dev] RFR: 8297437: javadoc cannot link to old docs (with old style anchors)

[Paul Hohensee]

On Tue, 7 Mar 2023 14:22:36 GMT, Roman Marchenko <rmarchenko at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Backporting JDK-8297437 to 11u for parity, because there are still scenarios for 11u when docs being generated are linked to external old-style anchors docs.
> 
> No tier1 regressions.
> The tests from "test/langtools/jdk/javadoc" are passed, except jdk/javadoc/doclet/testIOException/TestIOException.java - it fails on master as well.
> 
> Refactoring was made in Links.java to avoid duplicating function code.

Refactoring Links.java is ok with me, but the maintainers may disagree. Lgtm.

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Marked as reviewed by phh (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk11u-dev/pull/1794#pullrequestreview-1499183826