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+# SAC Decoder Unit Testing Specification
+
+## Overview
+
+This specification details unit testing guidelines and coverage standards for Stellar Asset Contract (SAC) event decoding within the Trident indexer engine (`crates/indexer/src/parser/sac.rs` and `crates/indexer/src/parser/token_events.rs`).
+
+---
+
+## Test Coverage Requirements
+
+Unit tests for SAC event parsing must cover three primary operational domains:
+
+1. **Registry Resolution (`SacRegistry`)**:
+   - Verification of contract address to asset code mappings (AlphaNum4, AlphaNum12, and Native XLM).
+   - Graceful fallback and error propagation when encountering unregistered contract addresses.
+
+2. **XDR Payload Decoding**:
+   - Validation of binary XDR topics and data payloads representing SEP-41 token events (`transfer`, `mint`, `burn`, `clawback`).
+   - Boundary condition testing for malformed or truncated XDR input streams.
+
+3. **Asset Context Attachment**:
+   - Verification that decoded event domain objects accurately preserve asset symbol names, issuer public keys, and numeric balance adjustments.
+
+---
+
+## Example Unit Test Architecture (`crates/indexer/src/parser/sac.rs`)
+
+```rust
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_sac_registry_lookup_success() {
+        let registry = SacRegistry::default();
+        let known_address = "CCW67TSBXS2XYO7M5DYH6Y5CD226LY4JJZFKEWZ452GYBZWFZCC25ZAX";
+        let asset = registry.lookup(known_address);
+        assert!(asset.is_some());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_sac_registry_lookup_unknown_contract() {
+        let registry = SacRegistry::default();
+        let unknown_address = "CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA";
+        let asset = registry.lookup(unknown_address);
+        assert!(asset.is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_malformed_xdr_payload_handling() {
+        let malformed_bytes = vec![0x00, 0xff, 0x12, 0x34];
+        let result = parse_sac_event(&malformed_bytes);
+        assert!(result.is_err());
+    }
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## Execution Instructions
+
+Run unit tests via `cargo`:
+
+```bash
+cargo test --package trident-indexer --lib parser::sac
+```