Go parser not detecting Doc comments on struct type

Question

I am trying to read the assocated Doc comments on a struct type using Go’s parser and ast packages. In this example, the code simply uses itself as the source.

Answer 1

You need to use the go/doc package to extract documentation from the ast:

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "go/doc"
    "go/parser"
    "go/token"
)

// FirstType docs
type FirstType struct {
    // FirstMember docs
    FirstMember string
}

// SecondType docs
type SecondType struct {
    // SecondMember docs
    SecondMember string
}

// Main docs
func main() {
    fset := token.NewFileSet() // positions are relative to fset

    d, err := parser.ParseDir(fset, "./", nil, parser.ParseComments)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println(err)
        return
    }

    for k, f := range d {
        fmt.Println("package", k)
        p := doc.New(f, "./", 0)

        for _, t := range p.Types {
            fmt.Println("  type", t.Name)
            fmt.Println("    docs:", t.Doc)
        }
    }
}