code: private void stripLinks(final StringBuilder javaDoc) {
  		int startLink = javaDoc.indexOf("{@link ");
  		while (startLink != -1) {
  			int endLink = javaDoc.indexOf("}", startLink) + 1;
  			String link = javaDoc.substring(startLink, endLink);
  			String newLink = parseLink(link);
  			javaDoc.replace(startLink, endLink, newLink);
  			startLink = javaDoc.indexOf("{@link ");
  		}
  	}
docs: this method is used to process the <code>@link</code> tags out of the javadoc.
  
  @param javaDoc the string builder containing the javadoc.