question: public String linkForMessage ( ProtoElement element ) { if ( isExternalFile ( element . getFile ( ) ) ) { String fullName = element . getFullName ( ) ; return String . format ( "[%s]{@link external:\"%s\"}" , fullName , fullName ) ; } else { String simpleName = element . getSimpleName ( ) ; return String . format ( "[%s]{@link %s}" , simpleName , simpleName ) ; } }
target:  Returns the JSDoc format of link to the element. 