Remove support for Markdown syntax for strikethrough and task lists

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semve
 ### Removed
 
 - We removed the support of BibTeXML. [#9540](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/9540)
+- We removed support for Markdown syntax for strikethrough and task lists in comment fields. [#9726](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/pull/9726)
 
 
 

build.gradle

@@ -198,8 +198,6 @@ dependencies {
     }
 
     implementation 'com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark:0.64.0'
-    implementation 'com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-gfm-strikethrough:0.64.0'
-    implementation 'com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-ext-gfm-tasklist:0.64.0'
 
     implementation group: 'net.harawata', name: 'appdirs', version: '1.2.1'
 

src/main/java/module-info.java

@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@
     requires com.ibm.icu;
 
     requires flexmark;
-    requires flexmark.ext.gfm.strikethrough;
-    requires flexmark.ext.gfm.tasklist;
     requires flexmark.util.ast;
     requires flexmark.util.data;
     requires com.h2database.mvstore;

src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/layout/format/MarkdownFormatter.java

@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 package org.jabref.logic.layout.format;
 
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 import org.jabref.logic.layout.LayoutFormatter;
 
-import com.vladsch.flexmark.ext.gfm.strikethrough.StrikethroughExtension;
-import com.vladsch.flexmark.ext.gfm.tasklist.TaskListExtension;
 import com.vladsch.flexmark.html.HtmlRenderer;
 import com.vladsch.flexmark.parser.Parser;
 import com.vladsch.flexmark.util.ast.Node;
@@ -19,12 +16,6 @@ public class MarkdownFormatter implements LayoutFormatter {
 
     public MarkdownFormatter() {
         MutableDataSet options = new MutableDataSet();
-        // in case a new extension is added here, the depedency has to be added to build.gradle, too.
-        options.set(Parser.EXTENSIONS, List.of(
-                StrikethroughExtension.create(),
-                TaskListExtension.create()
-        ));
-
         parser = Parser.builder(options).build();
         renderer = HtmlRenderer.builder(options).build();
     }

src/test/java/org/jabref/logic/layout/format/MarkdownFormatterTest.java

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 class MarkdownFormatterTest {
 
@@ -37,21 +36,4 @@ void formatWhenFormattingNullThenThrowsException() {
         Exception exception = assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> markdownFormatter.format(null));
         assertEquals("Field Text should not be null, when handed to formatter", exception.getMessage());
     }
-
-    @Test
-    void formatWhenMarkupContainingStrikethroughThenContainsMatchingDel() {
-        // Only test strikethrough extension
-        assertTrue(markdownFormatter.format("a ~~b~~ b").contains("<del>b</del>"));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void formatWhenMarkupContainingTaskListThenContainsFormattedTaskList() {
-        String actual = markdownFormatter.format("Some text\n" +
-                "* [ ] open task\n" +
-                "* [x] closed task\n\n" +
-                "some other text");
-        // Only test list items
-        assertTrue(actual.contains("<li class=\"task-list-item\"><input type=\"checkbox\" class=\"task-list-item-checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" readonly=\"readonly\" />&nbsp;open task</li>"));
-        assertTrue(actual.contains("<li class=\"task-list-item\"><input type=\"checkbox\" class=\"task-list-item-checkbox\" checked=\"checked\" disabled=\"disabled\" readonly=\"readonly\" />&nbsp;closed task</li>"));
-    }
 }