Generic Test Data

Out of the box, SonarQube supports generic formats for test coverage and test execution import. If your coverage engines' native output formats aren't supported by SonarQube, simply covert them to these formats:

Generic Coverage

Report paths should be passed in a comma-delimited list to:

• sonar.coverageReportPaths

The supported format is described by the sonar-generic-coverage.xsd:

<xs:schema>
  <xs:element name="coverage">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element name="file" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name="lineToCover" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                <xs:complexType>
                  <xs:attribute name="lineNumber" type="xs:positiveInteger" use="required"/>
                  <xs:attribute name="covered" type="xs:boolean" use="required"/>
                  <xs:attribute name="branchesToCover" type="xs:nonNegativeInteger"/>
                  <xs:attribute name="coveredBranches" type="xs:nonNegativeInteger"/>
                </xs:complexType>
              </xs:element>
            </xs:sequence>
          <xs:attribute name="path" type="xs:string" use="required"/>
          </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
      </xs:sequence>
      <xs:attribute name="version" type="xs:positiveInteger" use="required"/>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
</xs:schema>

and looks like this:

<coverage version="1">
  <file path="xources/hello/NoConditions.xoo">
    <lineToCover lineNumber="6" covered="true"/>
    <lineToCover lineNumber="7" covered="false"/>
  </file>
  <file path="xources/hello/WithConditions.xoo">
    <lineToCover lineNumber="3" covered="true" branchesToCover="2" coveredBranches="1"/>
  </file>
</coverage>


The root node should be named coverage. Its version attribute should be set to 1.

Insert a file element for each file which can be covered by tests. Its path attribute can be either absolute or relative to the root of the module. Inside a file element, insert a lineToCover for each line which can be covered by unit tests. It can have the following attributes:

• lineNumber (mandatory)
• covered (mandatory): boolean value indicating whether tests actually hit that line
• branchesToCover (optional): number of branches which can be covered
• coveredBranches (optional): number of branches which are actually covered by tests

Generic Execution

Report paths should be passed in a comma-delimited list to:

• sonar.testExecutionReportPaths

The supported format looks like this:

<testExecutions version="1">
  <file path="testx/ClassOneTest.xoo">
    <testCase name="test1" duration="5"/>
    <testCase name="test2" duration="500">
      <skipped message="short message">other</skipped>
    </testCase>
    <testCase name="test3" duration="100">
      <failure message="short">stacktrace</failure>
    </testCase>
    <testCase name="test4" duration="500">
      <error message="short">stacktrace</error>
    </testCase>
  </file>
</testExecutions>

The root node should be named testExecutions. Its version attribute should be set to 1.

Insert a file element for each test file. Its path attribute can be either absolute or relative to the root of the module.

Note unlike for coverage reports, the files present in the report must be test file names, not source code files covered by tests.

Inside a file element, insert a testCase for each test run by unit tests. It can have the following attributes/children:

• testCase (mandatory)
  • name (mandatory): name of the test case
  • duration (mandatory): long value in milliseconds
  • failure|error|skipped (optional): if the test is not OK, report the cause with a message and a long description
  • message (mandatory): short message describing the cause
  • stacktrace (optional): long message containing details about failure|error|skipped status