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+/* -*- Mode: indent-tabs-mode: nil; js-indent-level: 2 -*- */
+/* vim: set sts=2 sw=2 et tw=80: */
+"use strict";
+
+add_task(function* test_json_parser() {
+  const ID = "json@test.web.extension";
+
+  let xpi = Extension.generateXPI({
+    files: {
+      "manifest.json": String.raw`{
+        // This is a manifest.
+        "applications": {"gecko": {"id": "${ID}"}},
+        "name": "This \" is // not a comment",
+        "version": "0.1\\" // , "description": "This is not a description"
+      }`,
+    },
+  });
+
+  let expectedManifest = {
+    "applications": {"gecko": {"id": ID}},
+    "name": "This \" is // not a comment",
+    "version": "0.1\\",
+  };
+
+  let fileURI = Services.io.newFileURI(xpi);
+  let uri = NetUtil.newURI(`jar:${fileURI.spec}!/`);
+
+  let extension = new ExtensionData(uri);
+
+  yield extension.readManifest();
+
+  Assert.deepEqual(extension.rawManifest, expectedManifest,
+                   "Manifest with correctly-filtered comments");
+
+  Services.obs.notifyObservers(xpi, "flush-cache-entry", null);
+  xpi.remove(false);
+});