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matlab.unittest.plugins.TestReportPlugin.producingPDF

Class: matlab.unittest.plugins.TestReportPlugin
Namespace: matlab.unittest.plugins

Create plugin that generates PDF test report

Description

plugin = matlab.unittest.plugins.TestReportPlugin.producingPDF creates a plugin that generates a PDF report of test results in a temporary folder. This syntax is equivalent to plugin = matlab.unittest.plugins.TestReportPlugin.producingPDF([tempname '.pdf']).

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plugin = matlab.unittest.plugins.TestReportPlugin.producingPDF(filename) saves the report using the specified filename.

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plugin = matlab.unittest.plugins.TestReportPlugin.producingPDF(___,Name,Value) specifies options using one or more name-value arguments in addition to any of the input argument combinations in previous syntaxes. For example, plugin = matlab.unittest.plugins.TestReportPlugin.producingPDF("PageOrientation","landscape") creates a plugin that generates a test report in landscape orientation.

Input Arguments

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Name of the test report file, specified as a string scalar or character vector ending in .pdf. The value can be a path relative to the current folder or an absolute path.

Example: "myTestReport.pdf"

Example: "C:\work\myTestReport.pdf"

Name-Value Arguments

Specify optional pairs of arguments as Name1=Value1,...,NameN=ValueN, where Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name-value arguments must appear after other arguments, but the order of the pairs does not matter.

Example: plugin = matlab.unittest.plugins.TestReportPlugin.producingPDF(PageOrientation="landscape")

Before R2021a, use commas to separate each name and value, and enclose Name in quotes.

Example: plugin= matlab.unittest.plugins.TestReportPlugin.producingPDF("PageOrientation","landscape")

Report orientation, specified as "portrait" or "landscape". By default, the plugin generates a report in portrait orientation.

Title of the test report, specified as a string scalar or character vector. By default, the plugin uses "MATLAB® Test Report" as the title.

Example: Title="My Test Report"

Whether to include the text output from the Command Window, specified as a numeric or logical 0 (false) or 1 (true). By default, the plugin does not include the text output from the Command Window in the test report.

Whether to include the diagnostics for passing events, specified as a numeric or logical 0 (false) or 1 (true). By default, the plugin does not include the diagnostics for passing events in the test report.

Maximum verbosity level of logged diagnostics to include in the test report, specified as an integer scalar from 0 through 4, a matlab.automation.Verbosity enumeration object, or a text representation of the enumeration. The plugin includes diagnostics logged at the specified level and below.

Numeric RepresentationEnumeration Member NameVerbosity Description
0None

No information

1Terse

Minimal information

2Concise

Moderate amount of information

3Detailed

Some supplemental information

4Verbose

Lots of supplemental information

By default, the plugin includes diagnostics logged at the matlab.automation.Verbosity.Terse level (level 1). To exclude logged diagnostics, specify LoggingLevel as matlab.automation.Verbosity.None (level 0).

Logged diagnostics are diagnostics that you supply to the testing framework with the log (TestCase) and log (Fixture) methods.

Example: "LoggingLevel","detailed"

Examples

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Create a test suite from two test files, run the suite, and generate a PDF report of the results.

Create a new file in your working folder named ScriptBasedTest.m containing the following test script. The script includes two failing and incomplete tests.

%% Test double class
expSolution = 'double';
actSolution = ones;
assert(isa(actSolution,expSolution))

%% Test single class
expSolution = 'single';
actSolution = ones('single');
assert(isa(actSolution,expSolution))

%% Test uint16 class
expSolution = 'uint16';
actSolution = ones('uint16');
assert(isa(actSolution,expSolution))

%% Test that fails
assert(false==true);

%% Another test that fails
assert(strcmp('correlation','causation'))

Create a file named ClassBasedTest.m containing the following test class. The class includes a failing test that, with parameterization, results in nine failed test results.

classdef ClassBasedTest < matlab.unittest.TestCase
    properties (ClassSetupParameter)
        generator = {'twister','combRecursive','multFibonacci'};
    end
    properties (MethodSetupParameter)
        seed = {0,123,4294967295};
    end
    properties (TestParameter)
        dim1 = struct('small',1,'medium',2,'large',3);
        dim2 = struct('small',2,'medium',3,'large',4);
        dim3 = struct('small',3,'medium',4,'large',5);
        type = {'single','double'};
    end
    methods (TestClassSetup)
        function ClassSetup(testCase,generator)
            orig = rng;
            testCase.addTeardown(@rng,orig)
            rng(0, generator)
        end
    end
    methods (TestMethodSetup)
        function MethodSetup(testCase,seed)
            orig = rng;
            testCase.addTeardown(@rng,orig)
            rng(seed)
        end
    end
    methods (Test, ParameterCombination='sequential')
        function testSize(testCase,dim1,dim2,dim3)
            testCase.verifySize(rand(dim1,dim2,dim3),[dim1 dim2 dim3])
        end 
    end
    methods (Test, ParameterCombination='pairwise')
        function testRepeatable(testCase,dim1,dim2,dim3)
            state = rng;
            firstRun = rand(dim1,dim2,dim3);
            rng(state)
            secondRun = rand(dim1,dim2,dim3);
            testCase.verifyEqual(firstRun,secondRun);
        end
    end
    methods (Test)
        function testClass(testCase,dim1,dim2,type)
            testCase.verifyClass(rand(dim1,dim2,type),type)
        end
    end
end

At the command prompt, create a test suite from both test files.

import matlab.unittest.TestRunner;
import matlab.unittest.TestSuite;
import matlab.unittest.plugins.TestReportPlugin;

suite = testsuite({'ScriptBasedTest','ClassBasedTest'})
suite = 

  1×284 Test array with properties:

    Name
    ProcedureName
    TestClass
    BaseFolder
    Parameterization
    SharedTestFixtures
    Tags

Tests Include:
   17 Unique Parameterizations, 0 Shared Test Fixture Classes, 0 Tags..

Create a silent test runner, so that there is no information output to the command window. Create a TestReportPlugin that sends output to the file MyTestReport.pdf.

runner = TestRunner.withNoPlugins;
pdfFile = 'MyTestReport.pdf';
plugin = TestReportPlugin.producingPDF(pdfFile);

Add the plugin to the TestRunner and run the suite.

runner.addPlugin(plugin);
result = runner.run(suite)
Generating report. Please wait.
    Preparing content for the report.
    Adding content to the report.
    Writing report to file.
Report has been saved to: C:\work\MyTestReport.pdf

result = 

  1×284 TestResult array with properties:

    Name
    Passed
    Failed
    Incomplete
    Duration
    Details

Totals:
   282 Passed, 2 Failed, 2 Incomplete.
   2.2054 seconds testing time.

Open the test report.

open(pdfFile)

Create a test suite from a function-based test, run the suite, and generate a report of the results. Include passing diagnostics and the text output to the Command Window.

Create a new file in your working folder named FunctionBasedTest.m containing the following function-based test. The test file includes two failing tests.

%% Main function to generate tests
function tests = FunctionBasedTest
tests = functiontests(localfunctions);
end

%% Test Functions
function passingTest(testCase)
actSolution = 13*3+7*5;
expSolution = 74;
verifyEqual(testCase,actSolution,expSolution)
end

function failingTest(testCase)
actSolution = single(1);
verifyTrue(testCase,actSolution)
end

function anotherPassingTest(testCase)
verifyClass(testCase,string('some text'),'string')
end

function anotherFailingTest(testCase)
verifyTrue(testCase,strcmp('42','everything'))
end

At the command prompt, create a test suite from FunctionBasedTest.m. Create a test runner that displays output to the command window using the default plugin.

import matlab.unittest.TestRunner;
import matlab.unittest.TestSuite;
import matlab.unittest.plugins.TestReportPlugin;

suite = testsuite('FunctionBasedTest');
runner = TestRunner.withTextOutput;

Create a TestReportPlugin that sends output to the file MyTestReport2.pdf. Include passing diagnostics and text output from the Command Window in the report.

pdfFile = 'MyTestReport2.pdf';
plugin = TestReportPlugin.producingPDF(pdfFile,...
    'IncludingPassingDiagnostics',true,'IncludingCommandWindowText',true);

Add the plugin to the TestRunner and run the suite.

runner.addPlugin(plugin);
result = runner.run(suite);
Running FunctionBasedTest
.
================================================================================
Verification failed in FunctionBasedTest/failingTest.

    ---------------------
    Framework Diagnostic:
    ---------------------
    verifyTrue failed.
    --> The value must be logical. It is of type "single".
    
    Actual single:
             1

    ------------------
    Stack Information:
    ------------------
    In C:\Work\FunctionBasedTest.m (failingTest) at 15
================================================================================
..
================================================================================
Verification failed in FunctionBasedTest/anotherFailingTest.

    ---------------------
    Framework Diagnostic:
    ---------------------
    verifyTrue failed.
    --> The value must evaluate to "true".
    
    Actual logical:
           0

    ------------------
    Stack Information:
    ------------------
    In C:\Work\FunctionBasedTest.m (anotherFailingTest) at 23
================================================================================
.
Done FunctionBasedTest
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Failure Summary:

     Name                                  Failed  Incomplete  Reason(s)
    ===================================================================================
     FunctionBasedTest/failingTest           X                 Failed by verification.
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     FunctionBasedTest/anotherFailingTest    X                 Failed by verification.
    
Generating report. Please wait.
    Preparing content for the report.
    Adding content to the report.
    Writing report to file.
Report has been saved to: C:\Work\MyTestReport2.pdf

Open the test report.

open(pdfFile)

Tips

  • PDF test reports are generated based on your system locale and the font families installed on your machine. When generating a report with a non-English locale, unless your machine has the Noto Sans CJK font families installed, the report might have pound sign characters (#) in place of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters.

Version History

Introduced in R2016b

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