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+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2011-2024 ETH Zurich.
+
+import org.scalatest.funsuite.AnyFunSuite
+import viper.silver.ast.Program
+import viper.silver.frontend._
+import viper.silver.logger.ViperStdOutLogger
+import viper.silver.reporter.StdIOReporter
+import viper.silver.parser.{PProgram, PAnnotatedExp, PWhile}
+
+class DocAnnotationTests extends AnyFunSuite {
+  object AstProvider extends ViperAstProvider(StdIOReporter(), ViperStdOutLogger("DocAnnotationTestsLogger").get) {
+    def setCode(code: String): Unit = {
+      _input = Some(code)
+    }
+
+    override def reset(input: java.nio.file.Path): Unit = {
+      if (state < DefaultStates.Initialized) sys.error("The translator has not been initialized.")
+      _state = DefaultStates.InputSet
+      _inputFile = Some(input)
+      /** must be set by [[setCode]] */
+      // _input = None
+      _errors = Seq()
+      _parsingResult = None
+      _semanticAnalysisResult = None
+      _verificationResult = None
+      _program = None
+      resetMessages()
+    }
+  }
+
+  def generatePAstAndAst(code: String): Option[(PProgram, Program)] = {
+    val code_id = code.hashCode.asInstanceOf[Short].toString
+    AstProvider.setCode(code)
+    AstProvider.execute(Seq("--ignoreFile", code_id))
+
+    if (AstProvider.errors.isEmpty) {
+      Some(AstProvider.parsingResult, AstProvider.translationResult)
+    } else {
+      AstProvider.logger.error(s"An error occurred while translating ${AstProvider.errors}")
+      None
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Basic parsing of documentation") {
+    import viper.silver.ast._
+
+    val code =
+      """/// a field
+        |field f: Int
+        |/// P is a predicate
+        |predicate P(x: Int)
+        |
+        |/// a function
+        |function fun(x: Int): Int {
+        |  (x / 1 == x) ? 42 : 0
+        |}
+        |/// a second function
+        |function fun2(x: Int): Int
+        |    /// precondition
+        |    requires x > 0
+        |    /// post-
+        |    /// condition
+        |    ensures result > 0
+        |
+        |/// very important domain
+        |domain ImportantType {
+        |
+        |  /// this function
+        |  /// is crucial
+        |  function phi(ImportantType): Int
+        |
+        |  /// the only axiom
+        |  axiom {
+        |    /// documenting an expression
+        |    true
+        |  }
+        |}
+        |
+        |/// a macro
+        |define plus(a, b) (a+b)
+        |
+        |/// this is a method
+        |/// it does something
+        |method m(x: Ref, y: Ref)
+        |    /// this documents the first precondition
+        |    requires acc(x.f)
+        |    /// documentation of the second precondition
+        |    requires acc(y.f)
+        |{
+        |    var local: Bool
+        |
+        |    while (true)///the invariant
+        |      /// is always true
+        |      invariant true
+        |      /// termination
+        |      decreases x.f
+        |    {}
+        |
+        |}
+        |""".stripMargin
+
+    val pAst: PProgram = generatePAstAndAst(code).get._1
+
+    val fieldAnn = pAst.fields.head.annotations.head.values.inner.first.get.str
+    assert(fieldAnn == " a field")
+
+    val predicateAnnotation = pAst.predicates.head.annotations.head.values.inner.first.get.str
+    assert(predicateAnnotation == " P is a predicate")
+
+    val functionAnnotation = pAst.functions.head.annotations.head.values.inner.first.get.str
+    assert(functionAnnotation == " a function")
+
+    val fun2Annotation = pAst.functions(1).annotations.head.values.inner.first.get.str
+    val fun2PreAnnotations = pAst.functions(1).pres.head.annotations.map(_.values.inner.first.get.str)
+    val fun2PostAnnotations = pAst.functions(1).posts.head.annotations.map(_.values.inner.first.get.str)
+    assert(fun2Annotation == " a second function")
+    assert(fun2PreAnnotations == Seq(" precondition"))
+    assert(fun2PostAnnotations == Seq(" post-", " condition"))
+
+    val domainAnnotation = pAst.domains.head.annotations.head.values.inner.first.get.str
+    assert(domainAnnotation == " very important domain")
+
+    val domainFunctionAnnotations = pAst.domains.head.members.inner.funcs.head.annotations.map(_.values.inner.first.get.str)
+    assert(domainFunctionAnnotations == Seq(" this function", " is crucial"))
+
+    val axiomAnnotations = pAst.domains.head.members.inner.axioms.head.annotations.map(_.values.inner.first.get.str)
+    assert(axiomAnnotations == Seq(" the only axiom"))
+    val axiomExpAnnotations = pAst.domains.head.members.inner.axioms.head.exp.e.inner.asInstanceOf[PAnnotatedExp].annotation.values.inner.first.get.str
+    assert(axiomExpAnnotations == " documenting an expression")
+
+    val macroAnnotation = pAst.macros.head.annotations.head.values.inner.first.get.str
+    assert(macroAnnotation == " a macro")
+
+    val methodAnnotations = pAst.methods.head.annotations.map(_.values.inner.first.get.str)
+    assert(methodAnnotations == Seq(" this is a method", " it does something"))
+
+    val methodPreAnnotations = pAst.methods.head.pres.toSeq.map(_.annotations.head.values.inner.first.get.str)
+    assert(methodPreAnnotations == Seq(" this documents the first precondition", " documentation of the second precondition"))
+
+    val loopInvariantAnnotations = pAst.methods.head.body.get.ss.inner.inner.collect {
+          case (_, w: PWhile) => w.invs.toSeq.flatMap(_.annotations.map(_.values.inner.first.get.str))
+    }.flatten
+    assert(loopInvariantAnnotations == Seq("the invariant", " is always true", " termination"))
+  }
+}
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