Escape parenthesis for links in Markdown format

headless-services/commons/commons-util/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/util/Renderables.java

@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@ public class Renderables {
 				buffer.append(']');
 				if (url != null) {
 					buffer.append('(');
-					buffer.append(url);
+					// Escape parenthesis for the MD format
+					buffer.append(url.replace("(", "%28").replace(")", "%29"));
 					buffer.append(')');
 				}
 			}

headless-services/commons/commons-util/src/test/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/commons/util/RenderablesTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Broadcom, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     Broadcom, Inc. - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class RenderablesTest {
+	
+	@Test
+	void escapeParenthesisForMardownLink() {
+		Renderable r = Renderables.link("my-link-with-parenthesis", "https://foo.com/index(1).html");
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		r.renderAsMarkdown(sb);
+		assertThat(sb.toString()).isEqualTo("[my-link-with-parenthesis](https://foo.com/index%281%29.html)");
+	}
+
+}