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+/*
+ * This project is licensed under the MIT license. For more information see the
+ * LICENSE file.
+ */
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "gmock/gmock.h"
+
+#include "maddy/italicparser.h"
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+TEST(MADDY_ITALICPARSER, ItReplacesMarkdownWithItalicHTML)
+{
+
+  std::string text = "some text *bla* text testing *it* out";
+  std::string expected = "some text <i>bla</i> text testing <i>it</i> out";
+  auto italicParser = std::make_shared<maddy::ItalicParser>();
+
+  italicParser->Parse(text);
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(text, expected);
+}