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+# encoding: utf-8
+# author: John Kerry
+
+require 'functional/helper'
+require 'nokogiri'
+
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+describe 'inspec exec with junit formatter' do
+ include FunctionalHelper
+
+ it 'can execute a simple file with the junit formatter' do
+ out = inspec('exec ' + example_control + ' --format junit --no-create-lockfile')
+ out.stderr.must_equal ''
+ out.exit_status.must_equal 0
+ doc = Nokogiri::XML(out.stdout)
+ doc.errors.length.must_equal 0
+ end
+
+ it 'can execute the profile with the junit formatter' do
+ out = inspec('exec ' + example_profile + ' --format junit --no-create-lockfile')
+ out.stderr.must_equal ''
+ out.exit_status.must_equal 0
+ puts out.stdout
+ doc = Nokogiri::XML(out.stdout)
+ doc.errors.length.must_equal 0
+ end
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+ describe 'execute a profile with junit formatting' do
+ let(:doc) { Nokogiri::XML(inspec('exec ' + example_profile + ' --format junit --no-create-lockfile').stdout) }
+
+ describe 'the document' do
+ it 'has only one testsuite' do
+ doc.xpath("//testsuite").length.must_equal 1
+ end
+ end
+ describe 'the test suite' do
+ let(:suite) { doc.xpath("//testsuite").first}
+
+ it 'has a single properties element with no children' do
+ suite.xpath("//properties").length.must_equal 1
+ suite.xpath("//properties").children.length.must_equal 0
+ end
+
+ it 'has the tests attribute with 5 total tests' do
+ suite["tests"].must_equal "5"
+ end
+
+ it 'has the failures attribute with 0 total tests' do
+ suite["failures"].must_equal "0"
+ end
+
+ it 'has the errors attribute with 0 total tests' do
+ suite["errors"].must_equal "0"
+ end
+ end
+end