Github user zentol commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/6312#discussion_r202969620
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flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/configuration/description/HtmlFormatter.java
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+
+package org.apache.flink.configuration.description;
+
+/**
+ * Formatter that transforms {@link Description} into Html representation.
+ */
+public class HtmlFormatter extends Formatter {
+
+ @Override
+ protected void formatLink(StringBuilder state, String link, String
description) {
+ state.append(String.format("<a href=\"%s\">%s</a>", link,
description));
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ protected void formatLineBreak(StringBuilder state) {
+ state.append("<br/>");
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ protected void formatText(StringBuilder state, String format, String[]
elements) {
+ String escapedFormat = escapeCharacters(format);
+ state.append(String.format(escapedFormat, elements));
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ protected void formatList(StringBuilder state, String[] entries) {
+ state.append("<ul>");
+ for (String entry : entries) {
+ state.append(String.format("<li>%s</li>", entry));
+ }
+ state.append("</ul>");
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ protected Formatter newInstance() {
+ return new HtmlFormatter();
+ }
+
+ private static final String TEMPORARY_PLACEHOLDER =
"superRandomTemporaryPlaceholder";
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this should be distinct from the placeholder in `Utils`.
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