Incorrect startPosition of a SingleVariableDeclaration in the catch block (eclipse-jdt#2896)

* Flush all Javadoc comment so far when we exit the try block so that they don't make it to the Exception variable.

Author: subyssurendran666

org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/dom/ASTConverter18Test.java

@@ -5483,4 +5483,65 @@ interface I {
 	assertEquals(1, variableElement.getSourceRange().getLength());
 }
 
+public void testSVDStartPositionIssue_1() throws JavaModelException {
+	String contents = """
+				public class X {
+					public static void example() {
+						try {
+							System.out.println("try");
+						}
+						/** */
+						catch (RuntimeException e) {
+							System.out.println("catch");
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			""";
+	this.workingCopy = getWorkingCopy("/Converter22/src/xyz/X.java", true/*resolve*/);
+	CompilationUnit cu = (CompilationUnit) buildAST(contents, this.workingCopy);
+	TypeDeclaration typedeclaration = (TypeDeclaration) getASTNode(cu, 0);
+	MethodDeclaration methodDeclaration = (MethodDeclaration) typedeclaration.bodyDeclarations().get(0);
+	Block block = methodDeclaration.getBody();
+	List<ASTNode> statements = block.statements();
+	TryStatement tryStatement = (TryStatement) statements.get(0);
+	List<ASTNode> catchClauseList = tryStatement.catchClauses();
+	CatchClause catchClause = (CatchClause) catchClauseList.get(0);
+	SingleVariableDeclaration svd = catchClause.getException();
+
+	assertEquals("Not a Single Variable Declaration", ASTNode.SINGLE_VARIABLE_DECLARATION, svd.getNodeType());
+	assertEquals("Not a Simple Type", ASTNode.SIMPLE_TYPE, svd.getType().getNodeType());
+	assertEquals("Not a Simple Name", ASTNode.SIMPLE_NAME, svd.getName().getNodeType());
+	assertEquals("Single Variable Declaration length is not correct", svd.getLength(), contents.substring(contents.indexOf("RuntimeException e")).indexOf(')'));
+	assertEquals("Single Variable Declaration startPosition is not correct", svd.getStartPosition(), contents.indexOf("RuntimeException"));
+}
+
+public void testSVDStartPositionIssue_2() throws JavaModelException {
+	String contents = """
+			public class X {
+				public static void example() {
+					try {
+						System.out.println("try");
+					}
+					/** */
+					catch(/** abc*/ RuntimeException e) {
+						System.out.println("catch");
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		""";
+	this.workingCopy = getWorkingCopy("/Converter22/src/xyz/X.java", true/*resolve*/);
+	CompilationUnit cu = (CompilationUnit) buildAST(contents, this.workingCopy);
+	TypeDeclaration typedeclaration = (TypeDeclaration) getASTNode(cu, 0);
+	MethodDeclaration methodDeclaration = (MethodDeclaration) typedeclaration.bodyDeclarations().get(0);
+	Block block = methodDeclaration.getBody();
+	List<ASTNode> statements = block.statements();
+	TryStatement tryStatement = (TryStatement) statements.get(0);
+	List<ASTNode> catchClauseList = tryStatement.catchClauses();
+	CatchClause catchClause = (CatchClause) catchClauseList.get(0);
+	SingleVariableDeclaration svd = catchClause.getException();
+
+	assertEquals("Single Variable Declaration length is not correct", svd.getLength(), contents.substring(contents.indexOf("/** abc*/ RuntimeException e")).indexOf(')'));
+	assertEquals("Single Variable Declaration startPosition is not correct", svd.getStartPosition(), contents.indexOf("/** abc*/ RuntimeException"));
+}
+
 }

org.eclipse.jdt.core/model/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/core/util/CommentRecorderParser.java

@@ -195,6 +195,12 @@ public int flushCommentsDefinedPriorTo(int position) {
 		return position;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	protected void consumeExitTryBlock() {
+		flushCommentsDefinedPriorTo(this.scanner.currentPosition);
+		super.consumeExitTryBlock();
+	}
+
 	protected int getCommentPtr() {
 		int lastComment = this.scanner.commentPtr;
 		if (lastComment == -1 && this.currentElement != null) {