linked text: class

src/vs/base/browser/linkedText.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+import { memoize } from 'vs/base/common/decorators';
+
 export interface ILink {
 	readonly label: string;
 	readonly href: string;
@@ -10,7 +12,16 @@ export interface ILink {
 }
 
 export type LinkedTextNode = string | ILink;
-export type LinkedText = LinkedTextNode[];
+
+export class LinkedText {
+
+	constructor(readonly nodes: LinkedTextNode[]) { }
+
+	@memoize
+	toString(): string {
+		return this.nodes.map(node => typeof node === 'string' ? node : node.label).join('');
+	}
+}
 
 const LINK_REGEX = /\[([^\]]+)\]\(((?:https?:\/\/|command:)[^\)\s]+)(?: "([^"]+)")?\)/gi;
 
@@ -40,5 +51,5 @@ export function parseLinkedText(text: string): LinkedText {
 		result.push(text.substring(index));
 	}
 
-	return result;
+	return new LinkedText(result);
 }

src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/views/viewPaneContainer.ts

@@ -402,10 +402,10 @@ export abstract class ViewPane extends Pane implements IView {
 				const p = append(this.viewWelcomeContainer, $('p'));
 				const linkedText = parseLinkedText(line);
 
-				for (const node of linkedText) {
+				for (const node of linkedText.nodes) {
 					if (typeof node === 'string') {
 						append(p, document.createTextNode(node));
-					} else if (linkedText.length === 1) {
+					} else if (linkedText.nodes.length === 1) {
 						const button = new Button(p, { title: node.title });
 						button.label = node.label;
 						button.onDidClick(_ => this.openerService.open(node.href), null, disposables);