xUnit.net v2 XML Format
Several runners—including the console, MSBuild, and DNX runners—are
capable of generating XML reports after tests have been run. Some of those
runners also support running XSL-T transformations against that XML (some
built-in examples include transformations to HTML and NUnit format). This page
documents the format of the XML emitted from v2 runners.
The top level element of the document is the assemblies
element.
Elements
Note: The XML format changed from v1 to v2. If you are looking for documentation
on the old v1 format, the xUnit v1 format page contains that documentation.
<assemblies> Element
The assemblies element is the top-level element of the document.
Child Elements
| Element | Cardinality | Purpose |
|---|
<assembly> |
0..* |
One child element for each test assembly |
<assembly> Element
The assembly element contains information about the run of a single
test assembly. This includes environmental information.
Attributes
| Name | Value |
|---|
name |
The fully qualified path name of the test assembly. |
config-file |
The fully qualified path name of the test assembly configuration file. |
test-framework |
The display name of the test framework that ran the tests. |
environment |
The runtime environment in which the tests were run. |
run-date |
The date when the test run started, in yyyy-mm-dd format. |
run-time |
The time when the test run started, in 24-hour hh:mm:ss format. |
time |
The number of seconds the assembly run took, in decimal format. |
total |
The total number of test cases run in the assembly. |
passed |
The total number of test cases in the assembly which passed. |
failed |
The total number of test cases in the assembly which failed. |
skipped |
The total number of test cases in the assembly that were skipped. |
errors |
The total number of environmental errors experienced in the assembly. |
Child Elements
| Element | Cardinality | Purpose |
|---|
<errors> |
0..1 |
Container for the environmental errors experienced in the test assembly. |
<collection> |
0..* |
One collection element for every test collection in the test assembly. |
<collection> Element
The collection element contains information about the run of a single test collection.
Attributes
| Name | Value |
|---|
name |
The name of the test collection. |
time |
The number of seconds the test collection run took, in decimal format. |
total |
The total number of test cases run in the test collection. |
passed |
The total number of test cases in the test collection which passed. |
failed |
The total number of test cases in the test collection which failed. |
skipped |
The total number of test cases in the test collection that were skipped. |
Child Elements
| Element | Cardinality | Purpose |
|---|
<test> |
1..* |
One test element for every test in the test collection. |
<error> Element
The error element contains information about an environment failure that
happened outside the scope of running a single unit test (for example, an exception
thrown while disposing of a fixture object).
Attributes
| Name | Value |
|---|
type |
A code which indicates what kind of failure it is. |
name |
The name of the item that caused the failure. |
Child Elements
| Element | Cardinality | Purpose |
|---|
<failure> |
1 |
Contains information about the failure. |
<errors> Element
The errors element is a container for 0 or more error elements.
Child Elements
| Element | Cardinality | Purpose |
|---|
<error> |
0..* |
One error element for every environmental error that occurred. |
<failure> Element
The failure element contains information a test failure.
Attributes
| Name | Value |
|---|
exception-type |
The fully qualified type name of the exception that caused the failure. |
Child Elements
| Element | Cardinality | Purpose |
|---|
<message> |
0..1 |
The failure message as a CDATA block. |
<stack-trace> |
0..1 |
The stack trace as a CDATA block. |
<test> Element
The test element contains information about the run of a single test.
Attributes
| Name | Value |
|---|
name |
The display name of the test. |
type |
The fully qualified type name of the class that contained the test. |
method |
The name of the method that contained the test. |
time |
The number of seconds the test run took, in decimal format. |
result |
The result of the test. Valid values include Pass, Fail, and Skip. |
Child Elements
| Element | Cardinality | Purpose |
|---|
<traits> |
0..1 |
Container for 1 or more trait elements. |
<failure> |
0..1 |
For failing tests, contains information about the failure. |
<reason> |
0..1 |
For a skipped test, contains the reason text as a CDATA block. |
<trait> Element
The trait element contains a single trait name/value pair.
Attributes
| Name | Value |
|---|
name |
The name of the trait |
value |
The value of the trait |
<traits> Element
The traits element is a container for 1 or more trait elements.
Child Elements
| Element | Cardinality | Purpose |
|---|
<trait> |
1..* |
One trait element for every trait name/value pair associated with the test. |
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