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JUnit
Description
This task runs tests from the JUnit testing framework. The latestversion of the framework can be found athttp://www.junit.org.This task has been tested with JUnit 3.0 up to JUnit 3.8.2; it won'twork with versions prior to JUnit 3.0. It also works with JUnit 4.0, including"pure" JUnit 4 tests using only annotations and no JUnit4TestAdapter
.
Note: This task depends on external libraries not includedin the Apache Ant distribution. See Library Dependencies for more information.
Note:You must have junit.jar
available.You can do one of:
- Put both
junit.jar
andant-junit.jar
inANT_HOME/lib
. - Do not put either in
ANT_HOME/lib
, and insteadinclude their locations in yourCLASSPATH
environment variable. - Add both JARs to your classpath using
-lib
. - Specify the locations of both JARs usinga
<classpath>
element in a<taskdef>
in the build file. - Leave
ant-junit.jar
in its default location inANT_HOME/lib
but includejunit.jar
in the<classpath>
passedto<junit>
. (since Ant 1.7)
See theFAQ for details.
Tests are defined by nested test
orbatchtest
tags (see nestedelements).
Parameters
Attribute | Description | Required |
printsummary | Print one-line statistics for each testcase. Can take the values on , off , and withOutAndErr . withOutAndErr is the same as on but also includes the output of the test as written to System.out and System.err . | No; default is off . |
fork | Run the tests in a separate VM. | No; default is off . |
forkmode | Controls how many Java Virtual Machines get created if you want to fork some tests. Possible values are "perTest" (the default), "perBatch" and "once". "once" creates only a single Java VM for all tests while "perTest" creates a new VM for each TestCase class. "perBatch" creates a VM for each nested <batchtest> and one collecting all nested <test> s. Note that only tests with the same settings of filtertrace , haltonerror , haltonfailure , errorproperty and failureproperty can share a VM, so even if you set forkmode to "once", Ant may have to create more than a single Java VM. This attribute is ignored for tests that don't get forked into a new Java VM. since Ant 1.6.2 | No; default is perTest . |
haltonerror | Stop the build process if an error occurs during the test run. | No; default is off . |
errorproperty | The name of a property to set in the event of an error. | No |
haltonfailure | Stop the build process if a test fails (errors are considered failures as well). | No; default is off . |
failureproperty | The name of a property to set in the event of a failure (errors are considered failures as well). | No. |
filtertrace | Filter out Junit and Ant stack frames from error and failure stack traces. | No; default is on . |
timeout | Cancel the individual tests if they don't finish in the given time (measured in milliseconds). Ignored if fork is disabled. When running multiple tests inside the same Java VM (see forkMode), timeout applies to the time that all tests use together, not to an individual test. | No |
maxmemory | Maximum amount of memory to allocate to the forked VM. Ignored if fork is disabled. Note: If you get java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space in some of your tests then you need to raise the size like maxmemory="128m" | No |
jvm | The command used to invoke the Java Virtual Machine, default is 'java'. The command is resolved by java.lang.Runtime.exec() . Ignored if fork is disabled. | No; default is java . |
dir | The directory in which to invoke the VM. Ignored if fork is disabled. | No |
newenvironment | Do not propagate the old environment when new environment variables are specified. Ignored if fork is disabled. | No; default is false . |
includeantruntime | Implicitly add the Ant classes required to run the tests and JUnit to the classpath in forked mode. | No; default is true . |
showoutput | Send any output generated by tests to Ant's logging system as well as to the formatters. By default only the formatters receive the output. | No |
outputtoformatters | Since Ant 1.7.0. Send any output generated by tests to the test formatters. This is "true" by default. | No |
tempdir | Where Ant should place temporary files. Since Ant 1.6. | No; default is the project's base directory. |
reloading | Whether or not a new classloader should be instantiated for each test case. Ignore if fork is set to true. Since Ant 1.6. | No; default is true . |
clonevm | If set to true true, then all system properties and the bootclasspath of the forked Java Virtual Machine will be the same as those of the Java VM running Ant. Default is "false" (ignored if fork is disabled). since Ant 1.7 | No |
logfailedtests | When Ant executes multiple tests and doesn't stop on errors or failures it will log a "FAILED" message for each failing test to its logging system. If you set this option to false, the message will not be logged and you have to rely on the formatter output to find the failing tests. since Ant 1.8.0 | No |
enableTestListenerEvents | Whether Ant should send fine grained information about the running tests to Ant's logging system at the verbose level. Such events may be used by custom test listeners to show the progress of tests. Defaults to false .Can be overridden by a magic property. since Ant 1.8.2 - Ant 1.7.0 to 1.8.1 behave as if this attribute was true by default. | No |
By using the errorproperty
and failureproperty
attributes, it is possible toperform setup work (such as starting an external server), execute the test,clean up, and still fail the build in the event of a failure.
The filtertrace
attribute condenses error and failurestack traces before reporting them.It works with both the plain and XML formatters. It filters out any linesthat begin with the following string patterns:
"junit.framework.TestCase" "junit.framework.TestResult" "junit.framework.TestSuite" "junit.framework.Assert." "junit.swingui.TestRunner" "junit.awtui.TestRunner" "junit.textui.TestRunner" "java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(" "sun.reflect." "org.apache.tools.ant." "org.junit." "junit.framework.JUnit4TestAdapter"
Nested Elements
The <junit>
tasksupports a nested <classpath>
element that represents a PATH likestructure.
As of Ant 1.7, this classpath may be used to refer to junit.jar
as well as your tests and the tested code.
jvmarg
If fork
is enabled, additional parameters may be passed tothe new VM via nested <jvmarg>
elements. For example:
<junit fork="yes"> <jvmarg value="-Djava.compiler=NONE"/> ... </junit>
would run the test in a VM without JIT.
<jvmarg>
allows all attributes described in Command-line Arguments.
sysproperty
Use nested <sysproperty>
elements to specify systemproperties required by the class. These properties will be made availableto the VM during the execution of the test (either ANT's VM or the forked VM,if fork
is enabled).The attributes for this element are the same as for environment variables.
<junit fork="no"> <sysproperty key="basedir" value="${basedir}"/> ... </junit>
would run the test in ANT's VM and make the basedir
propertyavailable to the test.
syspropertyset
You can specify a set of properties to be used as system propertieswith syspropertysets.
since Ant 1.6.
env
It is possible to specify environment variables to pass to theforked VM via nested <env>
elements. For a descriptionof the <env>
element's attributes, see thedescription in the exec task.
Settings will be ignored if fork
is disabled.
bootclasspath
The location of bootstrap class files can be specified using thisPATH like structure - will be ignoredif fork is not true
or the target VM doesn'tsupport it (i.e. Java 1.1).
since Ant 1.6.
permissions
Security permissions can be revoked and granted during the execution of the class via a nested permissions element. For more information pleasesee permissions
Settings will be ignored if fork is enabled.
since Ant 1.6.
assertions
You can control enablement of Java 1.4 assertions with an<assertions>subelement.
Assertion statements are currently ignored in non-forked mode.
since Ant 1.6.
formatter
The results of the tests can be printed in differentformats. Output will always be sent to a file, unless you set theusefile
attribute to false
.The name of the file is determined by thename of the test and can be set by the outfile
attributeof <test>
.
There are four predefined formatters - one prints the test resultsin XML format, the other emits plain text. The formatter namedbrief
will only print detailed information for testcasesthat failed, while plain
gives a little statistics linefor all test cases. Custom formatters that need to implementorg.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.JUnitResultFormatter
can be specified.
If you use the XML formatter, it may not include the same outputthat your tests have written as some characters are illegal in XMLdocuments and will be dropped.
The fourth formatter named failure
(since Ant 1.8.0) collects all failing testXXX()
methods and creates a new TestCase
which delegates only thesefailing methods. The name and the location can be specified via Java System property or Ant propertyant.junit.failureCollector
. The value has to point to the directory and the name of the resulting class (without suffix). It defaults to java-tmp-dir/FailedTests.
Attribute | Description | Required |
type | Use a predefined formatter (either xml , plain , brief or failure ). | Exactly one of these. |
classname | Name of a custom formatter class. | |
extension | Extension to append to the output filename. | Yes, if classname has been used. |
usefile | Boolean that determines whether output should be sent to a file. | No; default is true . |
if | Only use formatter if the named property is set. | No; default is true . |
unless | Only use formatter if the named property is not set. | No; default is true . |
test
Defines a single test class.
Attribute | Description | Required |
name | Name of the test class. | Yes |
methods | Comma-separated list of names of test case methods to execute. Since 1.8.2 The
If the | No; default is to run all test methods in the suite. |
fork | Run the tests in a separate VM. Overrides value set in <junit> . | No |
haltonerror | Stop the build process if an error occurs during the test run. Overrides value set in <junit> . | No |
errorproperty | The name of a property to set in the event of an error. Overrides value set in <junit> . | No |
haltonfailure | Stop the build process if a test fails (errors are considered failures as well). Overrides value set in <junit> . | No |
failureproperty | The name of a property to set in the event of a failure (errors are considered failures as well). Overrides value set in <junit> . | No |
filtertrace | Filter out Junit and Ant stack frames from error and failure stack traces. Overrides value set in <junit> . | No; default is on . |
todir | Directory to write the reports to. | No; default is the current directory. |
outfile | Base name of the test result. The full filename is determined by this attribute and the extension of formatter . | No; default is TEST- name, where name is the name of the test specified in the name attribute. |
if | Only run test if the named property is set. | No |
unless | Only run test if the named property is not set. | No |
Tests can define their own formatters via nested<formatter>
elements.
batchtest
Define a number of tests based on pattern matching.
batchtest
collects the included resources from any numberof nested Resource Collections. It thengenerates a test class name for each resource that ends in.java
or .class
.
Any type of Resource Collection is supported as a nested element,prior to Ant 1.7 only <fileset>
has beensupported.
Attribute | Description | Required |
fork | Run the tests in a separate VM. Overrides value set in <junit> . | No |
haltonerror | Stop the build process if an error occurs during the test run. Overrides value set in <junit> . | No |
errorproperty | The name of a property to set in the event of an error. Overrides value set in <junit> . | No |
haltonfailure | Stop the build process if a test fails (errors are considered failures as well). Overrides value set in <junit> . | No |
failureproperty | The name of a property to set in the event of a failure (errors are considered failures as well). Overrides value set in <junit> | No |
filtertrace | Filter out Junit and Ant stack frames from error and failure stack traces. Overrides value set in <junit> . | No; default is on . |
todir | Directory to write the reports to. | No; default is the current directory. |
if | Only run tests if the named property is set. | No |
unless | Only run tests if the named property is not set. | No |
Batchtests can define their own formatters via nested<formatter>
elements.
Forked tests and tearDown
If a forked test runs into a timeout, Ant will terminate the Java VM process it has created, which probably means the test's tearDown
method will never be called. The same is true if the forked VM crashes for some other reason.
Starting with Ant 1.8.0, a special formatter is distributed with Ant that tries to load the testcase that was in the forked VM and invoke that class' tearDown
method. This formatter has the following limitations:
- It runs in the same Java VM as Ant itself, this is a different Java VM than the one that was executing the test and it may see a different classloader (and thus may be unable to load the tast class).
- It cannot determine which test was run when the timeout/crash occured if the forked VM was running multiple test. I.e. the formatter cannot work with any
forkMode
other thanperTest
and it won't do anything if the test class contains asuite()
method.
If the formatter recognizes an incompatible forkMode
or a suite
method or fails to load the test class it will silently do nothing.
The formatter doesn't have any effect on tests that were not forked or didn't cause timeouts or VM crashes.
To enable the formatter, add a formatter
like
<formatter classname="org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.TearDownOnVmCrash" usefile="false"/>
to your junit
task.
ant.junit.enabletestlistenerevents
magic property
Since Ant 1.8.2 the enableTestListenerEvents
attribute of the task controls whether fine grained logging messages will be sent to the task's verbose log. In addition to this attribute Ant will consult the property ant.junit.enabletestlistenerevents
and the value of the property overrides the setting of the attribute.
This property exists so that containers running Ant that depend on the additional logging events can ensure they will be generated even if the build file disables them.
Examples
<junit> <test name="my.test.TestCase"/> </junit>
Runs the test defined in my.test.TestCase
in the sameVM. No output will be generated unless the test fails.
<junit printsummary="yes" fork="yes" haltonfailure="yes"> <formatter type="plain"/> <test name="my.test.TestCase"/> </junit>
Runs the test defined in my.test.TestCase
in aseparate VM. At the end of the test, a one-line summary will beprinted. A detailed report of the test can be found inTEST-my.test.TestCase.txt
. The build process will bestopped if the test fails.
<junit printsummary="yes" haltonfailure="yes"> <classpath> <pathelement location="${build.tests}"/> <pathelement path="${java.class.path}"/> </classpath> <formatter type="plain"/> <test name="my.test.TestCase" haltonfailure="no" outfile="result"> <formatter type="xml"/> </test> <batchtest fork="yes" todir="${reports.tests}"> <fileset dir="${src.tests}"> <include name="**/*Test*.java"/> <exclude name="**/AllTests.java"/> </fileset> </batchtest> </junit>
Runs my.test.TestCase
in the same VM, ignoring thegiven CLASSPATH; only a warning is printed if this test fails. Inaddition to the plain text test results, for this test a XML resultwill be output to result.xml
. Then, for each matching file in the directory defined for${src.tests}
atest is run in a separate VM. If a test fails, the build process isaborted. Results are collected in files namedTEST-
name.txt
and written to${reports.tests}
.
<target name="test"> <property name="collector.dir" value="${build.dir}/failingTests"/> <property name="collector.class" value="FailedTests"/> <!-- Delete 'old' collector classes --> <delete> <fileset dir="${collector.dir}" includes="${collector.class}*.class"/> </delete> <!-- compile the FailedTests class if present --> <javac srcdir="${collector.dir}" destdir="${collector.dir}"/> <available file="${collector.dir}/${collector.class}.class" property="hasFailingTests"/> <junit haltοnerrοr="false" haltonfailure="false"> <sysproperty key="ant.junit.failureCollector" value="${collector.dir}/${collector.class}"/> <classpath> <pathelement location="${collector.dir}"/> </classpath> <batchtest todir="${collector.dir}" unless="hasFailingTests"> <fileset dir="${collector.dir}" includes="**/*.java" excludes="**/${collector.class}.*"/> <!-- for initial creation of the FailingTests.java --> <formatter type="failure"/> <!-- I want to see something ... --> <formatter type="plain" usefile="false"/> </batchtest> <test name="FailedTests" if="hasFailingTests"> <!-- update the FailingTests.java --> <formatter type="failure"/> <!-- again, I want to see something --> <formatter type="plain" usefile="false"/> </test> </junit> </target>
On the first run all tests are collected via the <batchtest/>
element. It's plain
formatter shows the output on the console. Thefailure
formatter creates a java source file in ${build.dir}/failingTests/FailedTests.java
which extends junit.framework.TestCase
and returns from a suite()
method a test suite for the failing tests.
On a second run the collector class exists and instead of the <batchtest/>
the single <test/>
will run. So only the failing test cases are re-run.The two nested formatters are for displaying (for the user) and for updating the collectorclass.