import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

/**
 * Extracts the main description of a javadoc comment from its raw text, as a stream of characters. See
 * http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/tooldocs/solaris/javadoc.html#documentationcomments for details.
 *
 * <ul>
 * <li>Removes leading '*' characters.</li>
 * <li>Removes block tags.</li>
 * <li>Removes leading and trailing empty lines.</li>
 * </ul>
 */