Revert "Editor support for link tag (#41877)" (#43302)

This reverts commit ec77bff.

Author: sandersn

src/compiler/checker.ts

@@ -5187,7 +5187,7 @@ namespace ts {
                 function preserveCommentsOn<T extends Node>(node: T) {
                     if (some(propertySymbol.declarations, d => d.kind === SyntaxKind.JSDocPropertyTag)) {
                         const d = propertySymbol.declarations?.find(d => d.kind === SyntaxKind.JSDocPropertyTag)! as JSDocPropertyTag;
-                        const commentText = getTextOfJSDocComment(d.comment);
+                        const commentText = d.comment;
                         if (commentText) {
                             setSyntheticLeadingComments(node, [{ kind: SyntaxKind.MultiLineCommentTrivia, text: "*\n * " + commentText.replace(/\n/g, "\n * ") + "\n ", pos: -1, end: -1, hasTrailingNewLine: true }]);
                         }
@@ -6702,7 +6702,7 @@ namespace ts {
                     const typeParams = getSymbolLinks(symbol).typeParameters;
                     const typeParamDecls = map(typeParams, p => typeParameterToDeclaration(p, context));
                     const jsdocAliasDecl = symbol.declarations?.find(isJSDocTypeAlias);
-                    const commentText = getTextOfJSDocComment(jsdocAliasDecl ? jsdocAliasDecl.comment || jsdocAliasDecl.parent.comment : undefined);
+                    const commentText = jsdocAliasDecl ? jsdocAliasDecl.comment || jsdocAliasDecl.parent.comment : undefined;
                     const oldFlags = context.flags;
                     context.flags |= NodeBuilderFlags.InTypeAlias;
                     const oldEnclosingDecl = context.enclosingDeclaration;
@@ -38593,10 +38593,6 @@ namespace ts {
                 const meaning = SymbolFlags.Type | SymbolFlags.Namespace | SymbolFlags.Value;
                 return resolveEntityName(<EntityName>name, meaning, /*ignoreErrors*/ false, /*dontResolveAlias*/ true, getHostSignatureFromJSDoc(name));
             }
-            else if (isJSDocLink(name.parent)) {
-                const meaning = SymbolFlags.Type | SymbolFlags.Namespace | SymbolFlags.Value;
-                return resolveEntityName(<EntityName>name, meaning, /*ignoreErrors*/ true);
-            }
 
             if (name.parent.kind === SyntaxKind.TypePredicate) {
                 return resolveEntityName(<Identifier>name, /*meaning*/ SymbolFlags.FunctionScopedVariable);

src/compiler/emitter.ts

@@ -3565,16 +3565,13 @@ namespace ts {
         function emitJSDoc(node: JSDoc) {
             write("/**");
             if (node.comment) {
-                const text = getTextOfJSDocComment(node.comment);
-                if (text) {
-                    const lines = text.split(/\r\n?|\n/g);
-                    for (const line of lines) {
-                        writeLine();
-                        writeSpace();
-                        writePunctuation("*");
-                        writeSpace();
-                        write(line);
-                    }
+                const lines = node.comment.split(/\r\n?|\n/g);
+                for (const line of lines) {
+                    writeLine();
+                    writeSpace();
+                    writePunctuation("*");
+                    writeSpace();
+                    write(line);
                 }
             }
             if (node.tags) {
@@ -3707,11 +3704,10 @@ namespace ts {
             emit(tagName);
         }
 
-        function emitJSDocComment(comment: NodeArray<JSDocText | JSDocLink> | undefined) {
-            const text = getTextOfJSDocComment(comment);
-            if (text) {
+        function emitJSDocComment(comment: string | undefined) {
+            if (comment) {
                 writeSpace();
-                write(text);
+                write(comment);
             }
         }
 

src/compiler/factory/nodeFactory.ts

@@ -770,10 +770,6 @@ namespace ts {
         return node.kind === SyntaxKind.JSDocNameReference;
     }
 
-    export function isJSDocLink(node: Node): node is JSDocLink {
-        return node.kind === SyntaxKind.JSDocLink;
-    }
-
     export function isJSDocAllType(node: Node): node is JSDocAllType {
         return node.kind === SyntaxKind.JSDocAllType;
     }

src/compiler/factory/nodeTests.ts

@@ -896,11 +896,6 @@ namespace ts {
         return getJSDocTags(node).filter(doc => doc.kind === kind);
     }
 
-    /** Gets the text of a jsdoc comment, flattening links to their text. */
-    export function getTextOfJSDocComment(comment?: NodeArray<JSDocText | JSDocLink>) {
-        return comment?.map(c => c.kind === SyntaxKind.JSDocText ? c.text : `{@link ${c.name ? entityNameToString(c.name) + " " : ""}${c.text}}`).join("");
-    }
-
     /**
      * Gets the effective type parameters. If the node was parsed in a
      * JavaScript file, gets the type parameters from the `@template` tag from JSDoc.
@@ -1865,13 +1860,7 @@ namespace ts {
 
     /** True if node is of a kind that may contain comment text. */
     export function isJSDocCommentContainingNode(node: Node): boolean {
-        return node.kind === SyntaxKind.JSDocComment
-            || node.kind === SyntaxKind.JSDocNamepathType
-            || node.kind === SyntaxKind.JSDocText
-            || node.kind === SyntaxKind.JSDocLink
-            || isJSDocTag(node)
-            || isJSDocTypeLiteral(node)
-            || isJSDocSignature(node);
+        return node.kind === SyntaxKind.JSDocComment || node.kind === SyntaxKind.JSDocNamepathType || isJSDocTag(node) || isJSDocTypeLiteral(node) || isJSDocSignature(node);
     }
 
     // TODO: determine what this does before making it public.

src/compiler/parser.ts

@@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ namespace ts {
 
     /** @deprecated Use `factory.createJSDocParameterTag` or the factory supplied by your transformation context instead. */
     export const createJSDocParamTag = Debug.deprecate(function createJSDocParamTag(name: EntityName, isBracketed: boolean, typeExpression?: JSDocTypeExpression, comment?: string): JSDocParameterTag {
-        return factory.createJSDocParameterTag(/*tagName*/ undefined, name, isBracketed, typeExpression, /*isNameFirst*/ false, comment ? factory.createNodeArray([factory.createJSDocText(comment)]) : undefined);
+        return factory.createJSDocParameterTag(/*tagName*/ undefined, name, isBracketed, typeExpression, /*isNameFirst*/ false, comment);
     }, factoryDeprecation);
 
     /** @deprecated Use `factory.createComma` or the factory supplied by your transformation context instead. */
@@ -1374,4 +1374,4 @@ namespace ts {
     });
 
     // #endregion Renamed node Tests
-}
+}

src/compiler/types.ts

@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ namespace ts.server {
                 kindModifiers: body.kindModifiers,
                 textSpan: this.decodeSpan(body, fileName),
                 displayParts: [{ kind: "text", text: body.displayString }],
-                documentation: typeof body.documentation === "string" ? [{ kind: "text", text: body.documentation }] : body.documentation,
-                tags: this.decodeLinkDisplayParts(body.tags)
+                documentation: [{ kind: "text", text: body.documentation }],
+                tags: body.tags
             };
         }
 
@@ -536,13 +536,6 @@ namespace ts.server {
                 this.lineOffsetToPosition(fileName, span.end, lineMap));
         }
 
-        private decodeLinkDisplayParts(tags: (protocol.JSDocTagInfo | JSDocTagInfo)[]): JSDocTagInfo[] {
-            return tags.map(tag => typeof tag.text === "string" ? {
-                ...tag,
-                text: [textPart(tag.text)]
-            } : (tag as JSDocTagInfo));
-        }
-
         getNameOrDottedNameSpan(_fileName: string, _startPos: number, _endPos: number): TextSpan {
             return notImplemented();
         }
@@ -561,10 +554,9 @@ namespace ts.server {
                 return undefined;
             }
 
-            const { items: encodedItems, applicableSpan: encodedApplicableSpan, selectedItemIndex, argumentIndex, argumentCount } = response.body;
+            const { items, applicableSpan: encodedApplicableSpan, selectedItemIndex, argumentIndex, argumentCount } = response.body;
 
-            const applicableSpan = encodedApplicableSpan as unknown as TextSpan;
-            const items = (encodedItems as (SignatureHelpItem | protocol.SignatureHelpItem)[]).map(item => ({ ...item, tags: this.decodeLinkDisplayParts(item.tags) }));
+            const applicableSpan = this.decodeSpan(encodedApplicableSpan, fileName);
 
             return { items, applicableSpan, selectedItemIndex, argumentIndex, argumentCount };
         }

src/compiler/utilitiesPublic.ts

@@ -1583,7 +1583,7 @@ namespace FourSlash {
             assert.equal(actualTags.length, (options.tags || ts.emptyArray).length, this.assertionMessageAtLastKnownMarker("signature help tags"));
             ts.zipWith((options.tags || ts.emptyArray), actualTags, (expectedTag, actualTag) => {
                 assert.equal(actualTag.name, expectedTag.name);
-                assert.deepEqual(actualTag.text, expectedTag.text, this.assertionMessageAtLastKnownMarker("signature help tag " + actualTag.name));
+                assert.equal(actualTag.text, expectedTag.text, this.assertionMessageAtLastKnownMarker("signature help tag " + actualTag.name));
             });
 
             const allKeys: readonly (keyof FourSlashInterface.VerifySignatureHelpOptions)[] = [