Using in Xspec

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please help me with xspec syntax. I want to compare the values in the test file with constant: Test file:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-5'?>
<List>
    <M_INSDES>
        <S_UNH>
            <D_0062>3600</D_0062>
            <C_S009>
                <D_0065>INSDES</D_0065>
                <D_0052>D</D_0052>
                <D_0054>96A</D_0054>
                <D_0051>UN</D_0051>
                <D_0057>EAN001</D_0057>
            </C_S009>
        </S_UNH>
    </M_INSDES>
</List>

Following scenario works as expected:

    <x:scenario label="Scenario for testing an EDIFACT document type">
        <x:context href="test.xml" select="/List/M_INSDES/S_UNH/C_S009/D_0065">
        </x:context>        
        <x:expect label="The result of testing EDIFACT document type">INSDES</x:expect>                 
    </x:scenario>

But scenario with multiply values fails:

<x:scenario label="Scenario for testing an EDIFACT document type for inbound file">
    <x:context href="test.xml" select="/List/M_INSDES/S_UNH/C_S009">
    </x:context>        
    <x:expect label="Message type identifier" test="D_0065 = 'INSDES'"></x:expect> 
    <x:expect label="Message type version number" test="D_0052 = 'D'"></x:expect>            
    <x:expect label="Message type release number" test="D_0054 = '96A'"></x:expect>                     
</x:scenario>

How can I check three values of the node C_S009 using <x:expect test = ""/> ?

UPD.: added the xsl stylesheet:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
    xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
    xmlns:my="myfunctions"
    exclude-result-prefixes="xs"
    version="2.0">
    <xsl:template match="/">
        <xsl:copy-of select="."/> 
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

burki · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-11T07:01:50.330

I think you are doing it all correct, but the context of your relative xpaths is wrong. Try using absolute paths in the expect elements like this and selecting the root element:

<x:scenario label="Scenario for testing an EDIFACT document type for inbound file">
    <x:context href="testdata.xml" select="/">
    </x:context>        
    <x:expect label="Message type identifier" test="/List/M_INSDES/S_UNH/C_S009/D_0065 = 'INSDES'"></x:expect> 
    <x:expect label="Message type version number" test="/List/M_INSDES/S_UNH/C_S009/D_0052 = 'D'"></x:expect>            
    <x:expect label="Message type release number" test="/List/M_INSDES/S_UNH/C_S009/D_0054 = '96A'"></x:expect>                     
</x:scenario>

I think relative paths do not work because your stylesheet just copies the complete document when matching the root element. In the XSpec report with the errors you can see that the result of the tests with relative paths is just the string values of the elements.

Before you posted your stylesheet, I used a stylesheet with a recursive "copy-all-nodes" template.

<xsl:template match="node() | @*">
    <xsl:copy>
        <xsl:apply-templates select="node() | @*"/>
    </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

With this stylesheet the relative paths work fine.

<x:scenario label="Scenario for testing an EDIFACT document type for inbound file">
    <x:context href="testdata.xml" select="/List/M_INSDES/S_UNH/C_S009">
    </x:context>        
    <x:expect label="Message type identifier" test="C_S009/D_0065 = 'INSDES'"></x:expect> 
    <x:expect label="Message type version number" test="C_S009/D_0052 = 'D'"></x:expect>            
    <x:expect label="Message type release number" test="C_S009/D_0054 = '96A'"></x:expect>                     
</x:scenario>

I changed my answer due to the stylesheet you posted in your question — burki, May 11 '18 at 06:54
Thanks, this works for me! :-) I didn't pay much attention to the stylesheet :-) — Andrey Davydenko, May 11 '18 at 07:06
Just curious: Your stylesheet does not change the XML. Why do you use XSpec when you don't want to test your stylesheet? XSpec is a unit test framework for XSL stylesheets. — burki, May 11 '18 at 07:11
I want to use xspec to validate values in the "inbound" XML document - before transformation. — Andrey Davydenko, May 11 '18 at 07:23

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 09 '18 at 20:57

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Could you post the XSLT code you are testing with the XSpec test? It is difficult to reproduce it without the XSLT.

If you are testing an atomic value (i.e. a string in your case) you may be interested in using the select attribute of x:expect element as described in the XSpec documentation.

answered May 09 '18 at 20:57

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I added an xsl stylesheet in the question. But I don't understand how xslt stylesheet is used in this case, because I directly test the value C_S009/D_0065 from the href file without transformation. – Andrey Davydenko May 10 '18 at 07:39
XSpec is a kind of unit testing framework for XSL stylesheets. If you don't do transformations why would you use XSpec? – burki May 10 '18 at 17:41

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