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SonarQube requires quite some configuration to be fully useful!  
 
SonarQube requires quite some configuration to be fully useful!  
  
This article explains '''how to configure your maven projects''' to produce reports + '''how to configure Jenkins''' with SonarQube, bringing both Unit and Integration tests coverage.  
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This article explains the key principles + what is UNIT and INTEGRATION tests from my point of view.
  
  
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Definition:
 
Definition:
* '''Unit Tests coverage (UT)''' = code coverage for each module only. == How much tests of 'module A' test 'module A' ??
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* '''Unit Tests coverage (UT)'''  
* '''Integration Tests coverage (IT)''' = overall code coverage. == Once global compilation and all the tests have been run, how much of 'module A' was used and covered ?
 
  
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= code coverage for each module only.
  
... In our example:
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== How much tests of 'module A' test 'module A' ??
* For "Module A" only the jUnit in "Module A" are computed in ''unit test coverage''
 
* The coverage provided by the Module C "tests" is NOT taken into account by default! You need to enable and configure the ''integration test coverage''.
 
  
  
... Why ?!?
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This limitation comes from the default SONAR behaviour. By default it creates 1 coverage report per component (maven project). To get the overall coverage you need a common report that each project can improve and use.
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* '''Integration Tests coverage (IT)'''
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= overall code coverage.  
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== Once global compilation and all the tests have been run, how much of 'module A' was used and covered ?
  
  
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** Maven-surefire (unit tests reports)
 
** Maven-surefire (unit tests reports)
 
** Maven-failsafe (integration tests reports)
 
** Maven-failsafe (integration tests reports)
* Maven jacoco dependency
 
  
  
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* SONAR is configured for ''JAVA'' language and it will use ''Jacoco'' as coverage tool.
 
* SONAR is configured for ''JAVA'' language and it will use ''Jacoco'' as coverage tool.
 
* Each Maven module will have its own Unit Tests results (Surefire reports + .exec file) inside its own <code>target</code> directory
 
* Each Maven module will have its own Unit Tests results (Surefire reports + .exec file) inside its own <code>target</code> directory
* The Integration Tests results are common. Meaning, all modules will write in the same directory. That directory is relative to the maven execution.
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* The Integration Tests results are common. Meaning:
 
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** all modules will write in the same directory
 
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** That directory is relative to the maven execution
 
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** All reports will be aggregated
 
 
 
 
=Real life example=
 
 
 
You can check out one of my GitHub project:
 
* https://github.com/guihome-diaz/Languages > pom.xml
 
 
 
 
 
Even better, you can check out this excellent tutorial:
 
* https://github.com/dgageot/coverage
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
=Appendices=
 
 
 
 
 
==Run tests in specific order==
 
 
 
If for some reasons you need to run your tests in a particular order you can say do so in Maven and/or Java
 
 
 
'''Reminder''' : if you have to run your tests in a particular order then you should refactor your tests! These tricks should not let you escape from that!
 
 
 
 
 
===Maven===
 
 
 
The <code>runOrder</code> is a nice trick.
 
 
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="xml">
 
    <build>
 
        <plugins>
 
            <plugin>
 
                SUREFIRE or FAILSAFE
 
 
 
                <configuration>
 
                    <!-- JVM settings -->
 
                    <argLine>-Xmx1024m -XX:maxPermSize:256m</argLine>
 
                    <forkCount>1</forkCount>
 
                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
 
                    <runOrder>alphabetical</runOrder>
 
                    <!-- Jacoco execution -->               
 
                    <argLine>${jacoco.agent.it.arg}</argLine>
 
                    ...
 
                </configuration>
 
            </plugin>
 
 
 
        </plugins>
 
    </build>
 
</syntaxhighlight>
 
 
 
 
 
===Java===
 
 
 
Since jUnit 4.11 you can set the order of your tests.
 
 
 
* Set order to the Class level: https://github.com/junit-team/junit/wiki/Test-execution-order
 
* Set custom order: http://memorynotfound.com/run-junit-tests-method-order/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
=References=
 
 
 
This article is based on my daily work in VEHCO.
 
 
 
To update to SonarQube I used the following articles and code examples:
 
* http://www.aheritier.net/maven-failsafe-sonar-and-jacoco-are-in-a-boat/
 
* VERY good GitHub example, provided by the same author: https://github.com/dgageot/coverage
 
* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26253277/jacoco-agent-for-integration-tests-on-remote-machine
 
 
 
Jenkins configuration:
 
* http://blog.ccbill.com/2014/07/code-coverage-with-surefire-and-jacoco.html
 

Latest revision as of 10:59, 12 April 2019


SonarQube requires quite some configuration to be fully useful!

This article explains the key principles + what is UNIT and INTEGRATION tests from my point of view.


Principle

What are Unit / Integration tests ?

By default "code coverage" only consider the tests from the same projects.


Let's take an example to make things easier...

Consider a project with 4 modules such as:

Project structure


Then consider the following inter-dependencies:

Project inter-dependencies


Definition:

  • Unit Tests coverage (UT)

= code coverage for each module only.

== How much tests of 'module A' test 'module A' ??


  • Integration Tests coverage (IT)

= overall code coverage.

== Once global compilation and all the tests have been run, how much of 'module A' was used and covered ?


Process overview

To work well SonarQube requires a bit of Maven configuration + Jenkins build adjustment:

  • Maven specific properties
  • Maven build plug-ins
    • Maven-jacoco (code coverage tool)
    • Maven-surefire (unit tests reports)
    • Maven-failsafe (integration tests reports)


Key points:

  • SONAR is configured for JAVA language and it will use Jacoco as coverage tool.
  • Each Maven module will have its own Unit Tests results (Surefire reports + .exec file) inside its own target directory
  • The Integration Tests results are common. Meaning:
    • all modules will write in the same directory
    • That directory is relative to the maven execution
    • All reports will be aggregated