--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/source/util/Trees.java	Thu Dec 09 08:24:42 2010 -0800
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/source/util/Trees.java	Thu Dec 09 08:48:08 2010 -0800
@@ -163,6 +163,12 @@
     public abstract Scope getScope(TreePath path);
 
     /**
+     * Gets the doc comment, if any, for the Tree node identified by a given TreePath.
+     * Returns null if no doc comment was found.
+     */
+    public abstract String getDocComment(TreePath path);
+
+    /**
      * Checks whether a given type is accessible in a given scope.
      * @param scope the scope to be checked
      * @param type the type to be checked

--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/api/JavacTrees.java	Thu Dec 09 08:24:42 2010 -0800
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/javac/api/JavacTrees.java	Thu Dec 09 08:48:08 2010 -0800
@@ -228,6 +228,17 @@
         return new JavacScope(getAttrContext(path));
     }
 
+    public String getDocComment(TreePath path) {
+        CompilationUnitTree t = path.getCompilationUnit();
+        if (t instanceof JCTree.JCCompilationUnit) {
+            JCCompilationUnit cu = (JCCompilationUnit) t;
+            if (cu.docComments != null) {
+                return cu.docComments.get(path.getLeaf());
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     public boolean isAccessible(Scope scope, TypeElement type) {
         if (scope instanceof JavacScope && type instanceof ClassSymbol) {
             Env<AttrContext> env = ((JavacScope) scope).env;

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/tools/javac/api/TestDocComments.java	Thu Dec 09 08:48:08 2010 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/* @test
+ * @bug 6985202
+ * @summary no access to doc comments from Tree API
+ */
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import javax.tools.*;
+import com.sun.source.tree.*;
+import com.sun.source.util.*;
+import com.sun.tools.javac.api.JavacTool;
+
+/**
+ * class-TestDocComments.
+ */
+public class TestDocComments {
+    /**
+     * method-main.
+     */
+    public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
+        new TestDocComments().run();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * method-run.
+     */
+    void run() throws Exception {
+        File testSrc = new File(System.getProperty("test.src"));
+        File file = new File(testSrc, "TestDocComments.java");
+
+        JavacTool tool = JavacTool.create();
+        StandardJavaFileManager fm = tool.getStandardFileManager(null, null, null);
+
+        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw);
+        Iterable<? extends JavaFileObject> fileObjects = fm.getJavaFileObjects(file);
+        JavacTask task = tool.getTask(pw, fm, null, null, null, fileObjects);
+        Iterable<? extends CompilationUnitTree> units = task.parse();
+        Trees trees = Trees.instance(task);
+
+        CommentScanner s = new CommentScanner();
+        int n = s.scan(units, trees);
+
+        if (n != 12)
+            error("Unexpected number of doc comments found: " + n);
+
+        if (errors > 0)
+            throw new Exception(errors + " errors occurred");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * class-CommentScanner.
+     */
+    class CommentScanner extends TreePathScanner<Integer,Trees> {
+
+        /**
+         * method-visitClass.
+         */
+        @Override
+        public Integer visitClass(ClassTree t, Trees trees) {
+            return reduce(super.visitClass(t, trees),
+                    check(trees, "class-" + t.getSimpleName() + "."));
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * method-visitMethod.
+         */
+        @Override
+        public Integer visitMethod(MethodTree t, Trees trees) {
+            return reduce(super.visitMethod(t, trees),
+                    check(trees, "method-" + t.getName() + "."));
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * method-visitVariable.
+         */
+        @Override
+        public Integer visitVariable(VariableTree t, Trees trees) {
+            // for simplicity, only check fields, not parameters or local decls
+            int n = (getCurrentPath().getParentPath().getLeaf().getKind() == Tree.Kind.CLASS)
+                    ? check(trees, "field-" + t.getName() + ".")
+                    : 0;
+            return reduce(super.visitVariable(t, trees), n);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * method-reduce.
+         */
+        @Override
+        public Integer reduce(Integer i1, Integer i2) {
+            return (i1 == null) ? i2 : (i2 == null) ? i1 : Integer.valueOf(i1 + i2);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * method-check.
+         */
+        int check(Trees trees, String expect) {
+            TreePath p = getCurrentPath();
+            String dc = trees.getDocComment(p);
+
+            if (dc != null && dc.trim().equals(expect))
+                return 1;
+
+            Tree.Kind k = p.getLeaf().getKind();
+            if (dc == null)
+                error("no doc comment for " + k);
+            else
+                error("unexpected doc comment for " + k + "\nexpect: " + expect + "\nfound:  " + dc);
+
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * method-nullCheck.
+     */
+    int nullCheck(Integer i) {
+        return (i == null) ? 0 : i;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * method-error.
+     */
+    void error(String msg) {
+        System.err.println("Error: " + msg);
+        errors++;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * field-errors.
+     */
+    int errors;
+}
+