New Markdown Parser

[Nigel Charman]

I've updated Concordion to use the Flexmark Markdown parser replacing the deprecated Pegdown parser.

If you have Markdown specifications, please try this latest version before we release Concordion 3.0.0.

To do so, follow the instructions at https://jitpack.io/ with the Gradle dependency

com.github.concordion:concordion:master-SNAPSHOT

or the Maven dependency:

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.github.concordion</groupId>
    <artifactId>concordion</artifactId>
    <version>master-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>

The Flexmark parser offers improved performance and increased configuration options and extensions over the Pegdown parser. In addition to supporting the existing Pegdown extensions, you can also configure Flexmark extensions and options.

This version requires JDK 8 or later.

Let us know of any feedback you have on this version.

thanks
Nigel