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Support searching for sections in class/package javadoc

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      A class's javadoc often contains a lot of useful information. For instance the Signature Polymorphism section [1] in the class's javadoc of the MethodHandle class, is relevant in several different cases outside of this class as well.

      Another example is the section on Reachability in the java.lang.ref package javadoc. [2]

      However, the javadoc search feature currently doesn't support searching for these sections.

      It would be nice if these sections could be found through searches as well. Perhaps anything with a <h> tag, or anything with an explicit <a> tag, although the latter would require updating in many places to make things searchable (since most sections don't seem to have explicit <a> tags).

      [1]: https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/18/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandle.html#sigpoly
      [2]: https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/18/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/ref/package-summary.html

            hannesw Hannes Wallnoefer
            jvernee Jorn Vernee
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