Gtest RecordProperty() for testsuite attribute

Question

Using Google test framework for unit testing, is it possible to configure the output XML file attributes? I know it's possible for 'test case' attribute. Is it possible to configure the top level attributes('testsuite' or 'testsuites') of the XML file?

This is what I got from the documentation: Calling RecordProperty() outside of the lifespan of a test is allowed. If it's called outside of a test but between a test case's SetUpTestCase() and TearDownTestCase() methods, it will be attributed to the XML element for the test case. If it's called outside of all test cases (e.g. in a test environment), it will be attributed to the top-level XML element.

It says it's possible, but couldn't get how to make it work. Where exactly is the RecordProperty to be used?

Answer 1

Here's an elementary example.

gtester.cpp

#include <gtest/gtest.h>
#include <iostream>

struct my_fixture : ::testing::Test
{
    void SetUp() {
        std::cout << "Calling " << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << std::endl;

    }
    void TearDown() {
        std::cout << "Calling " << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << std::endl;
    }    
};

TEST_F(my_fixture,foo)
{
    ASSERT_EQ(1,1);
}


int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
    ::testing::Test::RecordProperty("GlobalProperty", "TopLevel");
    return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
}

Compile and link:

g++ -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -o gtester gtester.cpp -pthread -lgtest

Run, with XML output:

$ ./gtester --gtest_output=xml:./gtester.xml
[==========] Running 1 test from 1 test case.
[----------] Global test environment set-up.
[----------] 1 test from my_fixture
[ RUN      ] my_fixture.foo
Calling virtual void my_fixture::SetUp()
Calling virtual void my_fixture::TearDown()
[       OK ] my_fixture.foo (0 ms)
[----------] 1 test from my_fixture (0 ms total)

[----------] Global test environment tear-down
[==========] 1 test from 1 test case ran. (0 ms total)
[  PASSED  ] 1 test.

And the XML test report is:

$ cat gtester.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<testsuites tests="1" failures="0" disabled="0" errors="0" timestamp="2017-11-22T19:24:53" time="0" GlobalProperty="TopLevel" name="AllTests">
  <testsuite name="my_fixture" tests="1" failures="0" disabled="0" errors="0" time="0">
    <testcase name="foo" status="run" time="0" classname="my_fixture" />
  </testsuite>
</testsuites>

in which <testsuites> has the property GlobalProperty="TopLevel".