maven-surefire-report-plugin/src/site/apt/examples/cross-referencing.apt.vm

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  Source Code Cross Reference
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  Allan Ramirez
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  July 2006
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Source Code Cross Reference

  There are times when we wish to know right away the line number of the
  source code that caused a test to the fail. The Surefire Report Plugin
  has the capability to cross reference the source code that made the test
  fail. In order to activate this feature, the <<<maven-jxr-plugin>>> should
  be declared in the <<<\<reporting\>>>> section of the POM along with the
  <<<maven-surefire-report-plugin>>>. For more details, please read the
  documentation of the
  {{{http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-jxr-plugin/}Maven JXR Plugin}}.

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<project>
  [...]
  <reporting>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>${project.version}</version>
        <configuration>
          <!-- place your configuration here -->
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.1</version>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </reporting>
  [...]
</project>
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  After executing <<<mvn site>>> for site generation, you'll notice that from
  the <<Failure Details>> section of the report, a link is available to
  redirect you to the source code that caused the failure.

  In the figure below the code that caused the failure is
  <com.test.proj.AppTest:36>

[../images/failure-details.PNG] Failure Details

  The link will redirect you to the source by clicking it.

[../images/xref.PNG] The source

* Disabling the Cross Reference Link

  To disable the link to the source code, the <<linkXRef>> property should
  be set to <<false>>. Alternatively one may simply omit the
  <<<maven-jxr-plugin>>> from the <<<\<reporting\>>>> section.