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JUnit XML — File and Line Attributes

Cases annotated with the source file and line they were declared on, as pytest and several JS runners emit. This is what a code-review annotation bot needs to place a failure comment on the right line of the right file.

Code parsing Conversion testing Metadata testing

Preview — first 17 linesxml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<testsuites>
  <testsuite name="cart.AllTests" tests="6" failures="1" errors="0" skipped="0" time="3.891" timestamp="2026-08-07T09:14:22" hostname="ci-runner-04">
    <testcase classname="cart.PricingTest" name="appliesUnitPrice" time="0.643" file="tests/cart/test_pricing.py" line="22"/>
    <testcase classname="cart.PricingTest" name="appliesQuantityMultiplier" time="0.659" file="tests/cart/test_pricing.py" line="31"/>
    <testcase classname="cart.PricingTest" name="roundsHalfUpAtTwoDecimals" time="1.042" file="tests/cart/test_pricing.py" line="40"/>
    <testcase classname="cart.PricingTest" name="rejectsNegativeQuantity" time="1.048" file="tests/cart/test_pricing.py" line="49"/>
    <testcase classname="cart.PricingTest" name="appliesTaxToSubtotal" time="0.352" file="tests/cart/test_pricing.py" line="58">
      <failure message="expected:&lt;12.60&gt; but was:&lt;12.59&gt;" type="java.lang.AssertionError"><![CDATA[java.lang.AssertionError: expected:<12.60> but was:<12.59>
	at cart.PricingTest.appliesTaxToSubtotal(PricingTest.java:88)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568)
]]></failure>
    </testcase>
    <testcase classname="cart.DiscountTest" name="appliesPercentageDiscount" time="0.147" file="tests/cart/test_pricing.py" line="67"/>
  </testsuite>
</testsuites>

Specifications

Seed: 61200
Encoding: UTF-8
Line Endings: LF
Tests: 6
Failures: 1
Has File Attribute: true
Has Line Attribute: true

Testing contract

Expected to pass

Scenario: Place a failure annotation on the source line the failing test was declared on.
Expected result: The failing case resolves to tests/cart/test_pricing.py at the line given by its line attribute, without consulting any other source of truth.

What is a .xml file?

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a verbose, self-describing markup language using nested tags, attributes, and namespaces to represent structured, hierarchical data. It supports schemas, entities, and validation and underlies many document and data formats. It remains common in enterprise, publishing, and interchange contexts.

How to use this file

Use an example XML file to test parsers, namespace and schema validation, XPath queries, and protection against entity-expansion and external-entity attacks.

How to use this file for testing

“JUnit XML — File and Line Attributes” is a deterministic Novus Examples fixture for Code parsing, Conversion testing, Metadata testing. Short, known-correct source files in many languages with classes, functions, generics, enums, and error handling — for testing parsers, linters, formatters, language detection, and diff viewers.

Documented properties for this file: seed 61200 · UTF-8 · LF. Compare results against paired or grouped companions on this page when present (clean↔damaged, searchable↔scanned, or format twins) so scores stay reproducible across runs.

Download the file once, keep the path stable in CI or local scripts, and treat the spec table as the contract: dimensions, seeds, field lists, and roles are intentional. Corrupt or invalid samples are labelled as such — expect parsers to fail loudly rather than silently accept them.

Test and coverage reports document their totals (suites, cases, passes, failures, skips, covered lines) in the spec table. Point your CI dashboard, coverage gate, or report converter at the file and assert those counts survive; format twins carry identical numbers so a conversion can be scored exactly.

Code examples

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

tree = ET.parse("structure-file-line-attributes.xml")
root = tree.getroot()
print(root.tag, [c.tag for c in root][:5])