How to add attributes in xml report from junit test?

Question

I would like to add some attributes in the xml report generated by junit tests to add traceability to my tests

Here's what I would like :

class MyTest{
    @Test
    @AddAttribute("key","value")
    fun myTest()
    {

    }
}

And then to have this pair ("key","value") added to my report.xml like :

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
<testsuite name="MyTests" tests="1" failures="0" errors="0" skipped="0" time="20.846" timestamp="2020-07-07T15:07:57" hostname="localhost">
  <properties>
    <property name="project" value="app" />
  </properties>
  <testcase name="MyTest" classname="MyTest" time="12.912" key="value" />
</testsuite>

Any ideas ?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 08 '20 at 05:06

It seems there is no solution available to solve this. However, if you follow this answer:, you can at least capture your writings to the console in an -output.txt file.

Let's take the following test as an example:

import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;

public class TestReportingTest {

  @Test
  public void testOutput() {
    System.out.println("Key One: Value");
    System.out.println("Key Two: 1,2,3,4,5");
    assertEquals(4, 2 + 2);
  }
}

and configuring your Surefire Plugin as the following:

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>3.0.0-M5</version>
  <configuration>
    <redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
  </configuration>
</plugin>

after executing mvn test, you'll get a your.package.TestName-output.txt file inside target/surefire-reports with the following content:

Key One: Value
Key Two: 1,2,3,4,5

You might want to format your console logs in a way you can easily parse/access them afterward.

This should work both for JUnit 4 and JUnit 5 and is rather related to the Surefire Plugin and not the testing framework. If you are using Gradle as the build system, you can find the correct configuration here.

How to add attributes in xml report from junit test?

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