Issue 30 - googletest - Need to generate XML report in JUnit's format - Google C++ Testing Framework

Issue 30:	Need to generate XML report in JUnit's format
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Status:	Fixed
Owner:	----
Closed:	Sep 2008
Type-Enhancement Priority-High OpSys-All

Reported by shiq...@gmail.com, Sep 8, 2008

Google Test's XML report format differs from JUnit's slightly.  While we
cannot change it without breaking some existing processes, a quick
short-term solution is to write an XSLT to convert
Google Test's output to JUnit's format (it's also very flexible in
case JUnit changes its format).  In the long run, we could extend the
--gtest_output flag with an option to use the JUnit format, e.g.

 --gtest_output=junit_xml

instead of

 --gtest_output=xml

This will be more work to implement but is easier for the users.

Sep 16, 2008

#1 bill.wa...@gmail.com

I'd like to request a higher priority on this issue.  We (and many others) are using
Continuous Integration systems that all have mechanisms for parsing JUnit and in some
cases CppUnit XML results.  Right now, Google Test is not an alternative for these
people because of the lack of reporting in a standard way.

Sep 17, 2008

#2 shiq...@gmail.com

Changed to high priority.

Labels: -Priority-Low Priority-High

Sep 18, 2008

#3 shiq...@gmail.com

balazs.dan@gmail.com reported:

<quote>
I've tried gtest with Cruise Control and seems xml output of gtest is
a bit different than CC expects.

CC expects this format:
<testsuite name="AllTests" ...>
 <testsuite name="test_case_name" ...>
   <testcase name="test_name" ...>
     <failure ...>Error message</failure>
   </testcase>
 </testsuite>
</testsuite>

But gtest uses this:
<testsuite name="AllTests" ...>
 <testsuite name="test_case_name" ...>
   <testcase name="test_name" ...>
     <failure message="Error message"/>
   </testcase>
 </testsuite>
</testsuite>

The difference is the placement of the "message". Because of this
difference CC can't display the error message.
You have to know, CC works very well with JUnit, so seems junit xml
output and gtest xml output is a bit different..
</quote>

Also, I heard report that in JUnit's output the time unit is second (e.g. 2.3), while 
Google Test uses millisecond (e.g. 2300).

Sep 26, 2008

#4 shiq...@gmail.com

Google Test's XML output format has been changed to match JUnit/Ant's in the trunk.

Status: Fixed

Aug 25, 2009

#5 anubh...@gmail.com

Is it available in latest release of gtest.

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