Need help on XML / Hudson

[Mawg]

I am installing and configuring Hudson (https://hudson.dev.java.net/) as a continuous build server.

After much googling about using it with C++ (it was originally designed for Java), I found several pages which all agreed that CppUnit's XML output can be transformed to look like Junit's and then fed to Hudson.

Unfortunately, every web page I find which claims to show how to generate XML output does not compile. 

Can anyone give a very simple example of how to redirect CppUnit output to XML, or point me to a URL which you are *suer* actually has compilable code?

Thanks in advance for any help. I am using v 1.12.1

[Dragos Andronic]

"Can anyone give a very simple example of how to redirect CppUnit output to XML, or point me to a URL which you are *suer* actually has compilable code? "

To redirect the XML output to a file:

...
CppUnit::TextUi::TestRunner runner;
std::ofstream fs("Result.xml");
CppUnit::XmlOutputter* outputter =
new CppUnit::XmlOutputter(&runner.result(), fs);
runner.setOutputter(outputter);
CppUnit::TestFactoryRegistry &registry = CppUnit::TestFactoryRegistry::getRegistry("Test");
runner.addTest( registry.makeTest());
bool wasSucessful = runner.run();
...

To redirect the XML output to the console use
CppUnit::XmlOutputter* outputter =
new CppUnit::XmlOutputter(&runner.result(), std::cerr);

  I'm using the 1.12.0 version. Let me know if this was helpful.

Cheers,

[Mawg]

I love you and want to have your babies!!

That works like a charm on 1.12.1. Thank you so very much. After so many "solutions" which do not compile, that was very, very welcome.

I know where to come for help in future. Watch out :-)

One minor point. I had to change your

CppUnit::TestFactoryRegistry &registry = CppUnit::TestFactoryRegistry::getRegistry("Test");

to

CppUnit::TestFactoryRegistry &registry = CppUnit::TestFactoryRegistry::getRegistry();   // removed "Test"

before my test would run. I don't understand why, but never mind because it works!

<?xml version="1.0" encoding='ISO-8859-1' standalone='yes' ?>
<TestRun>
  <FailedTests></FailedTests>
  <SuccessfulTests>
    <Test id="1">
      <Name>BaseClassTestSuite::testMultipleObjectCreation</Name>
    </Test>
    <Test id="2">
      <Name>BaseClassTestSuite::testMultipleObjectDeletion</Name>
    </Test>
    <Test id="3">
      <Name>BaseClassTestSuite::testObjectManagerCreation</Name>
    </Test>
    <Test id="4">
      <Name>BaseClassTestSuite::testObjectMagerDeletion</Name>
    </Test>
  </SuccessfulTests>
  <Statistics>
    <Tests>4</Tests>
    <FailuresTotal>0</FailuresTotal>
    <Errors>0</Errors>
    <Failures>0</Failures>
  </Statistics>
</TestRun>

[Dragos Andronic]

Glad I could be of help :)

About that CppUnit::TestFactoryRegistry &registry = CppUnit::TestFactoryRegistry::getRegistry("Test") line:

I forgot I used a named registry (the name is of the registry is "Test") and you just use the unamed registry. ( CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_REGISTRATION() vs CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_NAMED_REGISTRATION()  )

Cheers,