---
name: "TAP::Harness::JUnit"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libtap-harness-junit-perl"
version: "0.42-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/TAP::Harness::JUnit"
---

# TAP::Harness::JUnit(3pm)

Generate JUnit compatible output from TAP results

## NAME

TAP::Harness::JUnit - Generate JUnit compatible output from TAP results

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use TAP::Harness::JUnit;
    my $harness = TAP::Harness::JUnit->new({
        xmlfile => 'output.xml',
        package => 'database',
        # ...
    });
    $harness->runtests(@tests);
```

## DESCRIPTION

The only difference between this module and *TAP::Harness* is that this module adds the optional arguments 'xmlfile', 'package', and 'namemangle' that cause the output to be formatted into XML in a format similar to the one that is produced by the JUnit testing framework.

## METHODS

This module inherits all functions from *TAP::Harness*.

### new

These options are added (compared to *TAP::Harness*):

- xmlfile

  Name of the file XML output will be saved to. If this argument is omitted, the default of "junit\_output.xml" is used and a warning is issued.

  Alternatively, the name of the output file can be specified in the `$JUNIT_OUTPUT_FILE` environment variable

- package

  The Hudson/Jenkins continuous-integration systems support separating test results into "packages". By default any number of output xml files will be merged into the default package "(root)".

  Setting a package name will place all test results from the current run into that package. You can also set the environment variable `$JUNIT_PACKAGE` to do the same.

- notimes (DEPRECATED)

  If provided (and true), test case times will not be recorded.

- namemangle

  Specify how to mangle testcase names. This is sometimes required to interact with buggy JUnit consumers that lack sufficient validation.

  Alternatively, this value can be set in the environment variable `$JUNIT_NAME_MANGLE`.

  Available values are:

  - hudson

    Replace anything but alphanumeric characters with underscores. This is the default for historic reasons.

  - perl (RECOMMENDED)

    Replace slashes in the directory hierarchy with dots so that the filesystem layout resembles a Java class hierarchy.

    This is the recommended setting and may become the default in future.

  - none

    Do not perform any transformations.

## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

The name of the output file can be specified in the `$JUNIT_OUTPUT_FILE` environment variable

The package name that Hudson/Jenkins use to categorise test results can be specified in `$JUNIT_PACKAGE`.

The name mangling mechanism used to rewrite test names can be specified in `$JUNIT_NAME_MANGLE`. (See namemangle documentation for available values.)

## SEE ALSO

*TAP::Formatter::JUnit* at \<https://metacpan.org/pod/TAP::Formatter::JUnit\>

The JUnit XML schema was obtained from \<http://jra1mw.cvs.cern.ch:8180/cgi-bin/jra1mw.cgi/org.glite.testing.unit/config/JUnitXSchema.xsd?view=markup\>.

## ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This module was partly inspired by Michael Peters's *TAP::Harness::Archive*. It was originally written by Lubomir Rintel (GoodData) `"<lubo.rintel@gooddata.com>"` and includes code from several contributors.

The following people (in no specific order) have reported problems or contributed code to *TAP::Harness::JUnit*:

- David Ritter

  - Jeff Lavallee

  - Andreas Pohl

  - Ton Voon

  - Kevin Goess

  - Richard Huxton

  - David E. Wheeler

  - Malcolm Parsons

  - Finn Smith

  - Toby Broyles

  ## BUGS

The comments that are above the `"ok"` or `"not ok"` are considered the output of the test. This, though being more logical, is against TAP specification.

*XML::Simple* is used to generate the output. This is suboptimal and involves some hacks.

During testing the resulting files are not tested against the schema. This would be a good thing to do.

## CONTRIBUTING

Source code for *TAP::Harness::JUnit* is kept in a public Git repository. Visit \<https://github.com/jlavallee/tap-harness-junit\>.

Bug reports and feature enhancement requests are tracked at \<https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=TAP-Harness-JUnit\>.

## COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 *TAP::Harness::JUnit* contributors. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.