Fully-qualify link labels outside current class.

This results in {@link #localMethod()} appearing as "localMethod()"
and {@link OtherClass#method()} appearing as "OtherClass.method()",
making it easier to understand conceptual boundaries.

Bug: 71554546
Test: manual inspection
Change-Id: I33a8497c047885ff88fa608c317a281c069ab68c

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/com/google/doclava/LinkReference.java b/src/com/google/doclava/LinkReference.java
index 0fb7fcb..0bfa42f 100644
--- a/src/com/google/doclava/LinkReference.java
+++ b/src/com/google/doclava/LinkReference.java
@@ -400,7 +400,14 @@ public class LinkReference {
         }
       }
       if (result.label.length() == 0) {
-        result.label = result.referencedMemberName;
+        // Qualify labels that link beyond the base context
+        final boolean beyondBase = base != null && containing != null
+            && !base.qualifiedName().equals(containing.qualifiedName());
+        if (beyondBase) {
+          result.label = containing.name() + "." + result.referencedMemberName;
+        } else {
+          result.label = result.referencedMemberName;
+        }
       }
       setHref(result, containing, result.memberInfo.anchor());
       if (DBG) System.out.println(" ---- member reference");