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

Tue Mar 7 14:32:12 UTC 2023

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.

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Commit messages:
 - Tests fixing
 - Refactoring
 - Backport 15a14884013a975707008f648b8e4864e16006ed

Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk11u-dev/pull/1794/files
 Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk11u-dev&pr=1794&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8297437
  Stats: 141 lines in 6 files changed: 80 ins; 37 del; 24 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk11u-dev/pull/1794.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk11u-dev pull/1794/head:pull/1794

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk11u-dev/pull/1794