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Preserve information about leading whitespace in paragraphs

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Description

When using DocumentParser with no enabled block types, the Text nodes do not include whitespaces at the beginning of a line.

For example, when we use a parser with no enabled block types and the input is:

- text 1
  - text 2

the expected result is a document containing two Text nodes:

  • Text("- text 1")
  • Text(" - text 2")

but the second Text is "- text 2" (without preceding whitespaces)

To better illustrate here is a sample test that fails:

public class ParserTest {
    
    ...
    
    @Test
    public void noBlockTypes() {
        String given = "- text 1\n  - text 2";
        Parser parser = Parser.builder().enabledBlockTypes(Collections.<Class<? extends Block>>emptySet()).build();
        Node document = parser.parse(given);

        Node child = document.getFirstChild();
        assertThat(child, instanceOf(Paragraph.class));

        child = child.getFirstChild();
        assertThat(child, instanceOf(Text.class));
        assertEquals("- text 1", ((Text) child).getLiteral());

        child = child.getNext();
        assertThat(child, instanceOf(SoftLineBreak.class));

        child = child.getNext();
        assertThat(child, instanceOf(Text.class));
        assertEquals("  - text 2", ((Text) child).getLiteral());
    }
}

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Research direction

Start with the failing ParserTest.noBlockTypes scenario and inspect Parser.builder() with all block types disabled, then trace how the input lines become Text nodes. Run the test with the sample input and confirm that the second Text node retains its two leading spaces.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
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Clarity
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Newbie friendliness
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