WIP - DOM parser changes for markdown comments

.project

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>eclipse.jdt.core</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>

org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.batch/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/parser/AbstractCommentParser.java

@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractCommentParser implements JavadocTagConstants {
 	protected int firstTagPosition;
 	protected int index, lineEnd;
 	protected int tokenPreviousPosition, lastIdentifierEndPosition, starPosition;
-	protected int textStart, memberStart;
+	protected int textStart;
+	protected int memberStart;
 	protected int tagSourceStart, tagSourceEnd;
 	protected int inlineTagStart;
 	protected int[] lineEnds;
@@ -451,8 +452,15 @@ protected boolean commentParse() {
 						// $FALL-THROUGH$ - fall through default case
 					default :
 						if (this.markdown && nextCharacter == '[') {
-							if (parseMarkdownLinks())
+							if (this.textStart != -1) {
+								if (this.textStart < textEndPosition) {
+									pushText(this.textStart, textEndPosition);
+								}
+							}
+							if (parseMarkdownLinks(previousPosition)) {
+								this.textStart = this.index;
 								break;
+							}
 						}
 						if (isFormatterParser && nextCharacter == '<') {
 							// html tags are meaningful for formatter parser
@@ -2977,7 +2985,7 @@ private boolean containsNewLine(String str) {
 	/*
 	 * Parse markdown links that are replacing @link and @linkplain
 	 */
-	protected abstract boolean parseMarkdownLinks() throws InvalidInputException;
+	protected abstract boolean parseMarkdownLinks(int previousPosition) throws InvalidInputException;
 	/*
 	 * Parse tag declaration
 	 */

org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.batch/src/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/parser/JavadocParser.java

@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ protected void parseSimpleTag() {
 		}
 	}
 	@Override
-	protected boolean parseMarkdownLinks() throws InvalidInputException {
+	protected boolean parseMarkdownLinks(int previousPosition) throws InvalidInputException {
 		boolean valid = false;
 		// The markdown links can come in single [] or pair of [] with no space between them
 		// We are here after we have seen [