JUnit Test Results
What is JUnit?
JUnit is a unit testing framework which plays a crucial role test-driven development, and is part of a family of unit testing frameworks collectively known as xUnit. The JUnit XML output format is widely understood by build and test tools and is a good choice for tools wishing to describe their test outcomes. Here is a summary of a JUnit output file, showing a skipped, failed and passed result.
XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<testsuites>
<testsuite name="MyTestSuiteName" errors="0" tests="0" failures="0" time="0" timestamp="2000-01-01T11:12:13" />
<testsuite name="MyOtherTestSuiteName" errors="0" skipped="1" tests="3" failures="1" time="0.006" timestamp="2000-01-02T11:12:13">
<properties>
<property name="MyName1" value="one" />
<property name="MyName2" value="two" />
<property name="MyName3" value="three" />
</properties>
<testcase classname="MyTest1" name="should default path to an empty string" time="0.006">
<failure message="test failure">Assertion failed</failure>
</testcase>
<testcase classname="MyTest2" name="should default consolidate to true" time="0">
<skipped />
</testcase>
<testcase classname="MyTest3" name="should default some other thing to true" time="0" />
</testsuite>
</testsuites>Schema
The JUnit XML Report output is produced by a number of MettleCI commands and it can be a little tricky to nail down an official spec for the format, even though it's widely adopted and used. There have been a number of attempts to codify the schema, but here’s a working XSD for JUnit:
CODE
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- a description of the JUnit XML format and how Jenkins parses it. See also junit.xsd -->
<!-- if only a single testsuite element is present, the testsuites
element can be omitted. All attributes are optional. -->
<testsuites disabled="" <!-- total number of disabled tests from all testsuites. -->
errors="" <!-- total number of tests with error result from all testsuites. -->
failures="" <!-- total number of failed tests from all testsuites. -->
name=""
tests="" <!-- total number of successful tests from all testsuites. -->
time="" <!-- time in seconds to execute all test suites. -->
>
<!-- testsuite can appear multiple times, if contained in a testsuites element.
It can also be the root element. -->
<testsuite name="" <!-- Full (class) name of the test for non-aggregated testsuite documents.
Class name without the package for aggregated testsuites documents. Required -->
tests="" <!-- The total number of tests in the suite, required. -->
disabled="" <!-- the total number of disabled tests in the suite. optional -->
errors="" <!-- The total number of tests in the suite that errored. An errored test is one that had an unanticipated problem,
for example an unchecked throwable; or a problem with the implementation of the test. optional -->
failures="" <!-- The total number of tests in the suite that failed. A failure is a test which the code has explicitly failed
by using the mechanisms for that purpose. e.g., via an assertEquals. optional -->
hostname="" <!-- Host on which the tests were executed. 'localhost' should be used if the hostname cannot be determined. optional -->
id="" <!-- Starts at 0 for the first testsuite and is incremented by 1 for each following testsuite -->
package="" <!-- Derived from testsuite/@name in the non-aggregated documents. optional -->
skipped="" <!-- The total number of skipped tests. optional -->
time="" <!-- Time taken (in seconds) to execute the tests in the suite. optional -->
timestamp="" <!-- when the test was executed in ISO 8601 format (2014-01-21T16:17:18). Timezone may not be specified. optional -->
>
<!-- Properties (e.g., environment settings) set during test
execution. The properties element can appear 0 or once. -->
<properties>
<!-- property can appear multiple times. The name and value attributres are required. -->
<property name="" value=""/>
</properties>
<!-- testcase can appear multiple times, see /testsuites/testsuite@tests -->
<testcase name="" <!-- Name of the test method, required. -->
assertions="" <!-- number of assertions in the test case. optional -->
classname="" <!-- Full class name for the class the test method is in. required -->
status=""
time="" <!-- Time taken (in seconds) to execute the test. optional -->
>
<!-- If the test was not executed or failed, you can specify one
the skipped, error or failure elements. -->
<!-- skipped can appear 0 or once. optional -->
<skipped/>
<!-- Indicates that the test errored. An errored test is one
that had an unanticipated problem. For example an unchecked
throwable or a problem with the implementation of the
test. Contains as a text node relevant data for the error,
for example a stack trace. optional -->
<error message="" <!-- The error message. e.g., if a java exception is thrown, the return value of getMessage() -->
type="" <!-- The type of error that occured. e.g., if a java execption is thrown the full class name of the exception. -->
></error>
<!-- Indicates that the test failed. A failure is a test which
the code has explicitly failed by using the mechanisms for
that purpose. For example via an assertEquals. Contains as
a text node relevant data for the failure, e.g., a stack
trace. optional -->
<failure message="" <!-- The message specified in the assert. -->
type="" <!-- The type of the assert. -->
></failure>
<!-- Data that was written to standard out while the test was executed. optional -->
<system-out></system-out>
<!-- Data that was written to standard error while the test was executed. optional -->
<system-err></system-err>
</testcase>
<!-- Data that was written to standard out while the test suite was executed. optional -->
<system-out></system-out>
<!-- Data that was written to standard error while the test suite was executed. optional -->
<system-err></system-err>
</testsuite>
</testsuites>