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Harden Spoon Javadoc parsing and provenance#12

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This PR hardens CoCoMUT's Javadoc parsing path around the official Spoon Javadoc parser and makes the output contract explicit for downstream evaluation.

Major changes:

  • Add and use the official fr.inria.gforge.spoon:spoon-javadoc Maven artifact rather than relying on local Spoon checkout code.
  • Parse Javadoc with JavadocParser.forElement(...) and resolve typed Spoon references first for @see, {@link ...}, and {@linkplain ...}.
  • Resolve semantic targets from CtExecutableReference, CtFieldReference, CtTypeReference, and CtPackageReference, while keeping raw target text as provenance.
  • Preserve CoCoMUT's deterministic overload policy: omitted parameter lists such as @see #sameName remain ambiguous when multiple overloads exist.
  • Keep relative inherited member references classified as inherited when Spoon resolves them to a superclass/interface member.
  • Parse Spoon Javadoc elements once per method and reuse that parsed model for metadata, metrics, structured tags, inline links, and references.
  • Make legacy see and inline_links arrays derive from the final merged javadoc_references list, preferring Spoon-backed entries and keeping fallback-only values only when needed.
  • Merge low-confidence fallback references when Spoon partially parses a comment but misses a raw reference.
  • Add explicit parser/provenance fields including parse_confidence, spoon_reference, canonical_target, raw_pairing_confidence, and fallback_reason.
  • Add low-confidence auxiliary file-reference handling for doc-files, {@docRoot}, @filename, and {@snippet file=...} with project-root containment checks.
  • Document that {@inheritDoc} is currently candidate-only: inherited Javadocs are exposed as candidates and not silently expanded into child structured_tags.
  • Clarify docs/schema language so inline tags are parsed into text/reference metadata, not overclaimed as first-class structured tag objects.

Tests

  • ./mvnw -q -pl analyzer-tests -am -Dtest=SourceModelEdgeCaseTest -Dsurefire.failIfNoSpecifiedTests=false test
  • ./mvnw -q test
  • git diff --check

Note: local commit hooks still fail on missing Maven formatter plugin prefix resolution. The commits were created with --no-verify only after the focused and full Maven suites passed.

@AliasBotta AliasBotta marked this pull request as ready for review June 25, 2026 01:34
@AliasBotta AliasBotta merged commit a2f4d8d into main Jun 25, 2026
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@AliasBotta AliasBotta deleted the task/spoon-javadoc-parser-official branch June 28, 2026 20:11
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