Powershell and xunit2 - An error occurred during the activation of a particular registration

[andez2000]

I have created a dotnetcore application with xunit (2.4.1) as the unit test framework. I followed this example to get a powershell command line running to generate the docs.

My powershell

file to do this looks like the following:

$UserName = [Environment]::UserName

$root = "C:\dev.me\github\$UserName\living-docs\pickles\example1\"
$FeatureDirectory = "$root\acme.app.specs\Specs\Courses\Enrolment"
$OutputDirectory = "$root\docs"
$DocumentationFormat = "html"
$SystemUnderTestName = "Example"
$SystemUnderTestVersion = "1.3.42"
$TestResultsFormat = "xunit2"
$TestResultsFile = "$root\results\mytests_2019-08-28_10-06-01-108.trx"

cd $root

Import-Module C:\Users\$UserName\.nuget\packages\pickles\2.20.1\tools\PicklesDoc.Pickles.PowerShell.dll -Verbose

Pickle-Features -FeatureDirectory $FeatureDirectory -OutputDirectory $OutputDirectory -DocumentationFormat $DocumentationFormat -TestResultsFormat $TestResultsFormat -TestResultsFile $TestResultsFile -Verbose

This generates the following output and error in the console:

PS C:\dev.me\github\andez2000\living-docs\pickles\example1> C:\dev.me\github\andez2000\living-docs\pickles\example1\build\build-pickles.ps1
WARNING: The names of some imported commands from the module 'PicklesDoc.Pickles.PowerShell' include unapproved verbs that might make them less discoverable. To find the 
commands with unapproved verbs, run the Import-Module command again with the Verbose parameter. For a list of approved verbs, type Get-Verb.
VERBOSE: The 'Pickle-Features' command in the PicklesDoc.Pickles.PowerShell' module was imported, but because its name does not include an approved verb, it might be diff
icult to find. For a list of approved verbs, type Get-Verb.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Pickle-Features'.
Pickles v.2.20.1.0

Generating documentation based on the following parameters
----------------------------------------------------------
Feature Directory              : C:\dev.me\github\andez2000\living-docs\pickles\example1\acme.app.specs\Specs\Courses\Enrolment
Output Directory               : C:\dev.me\github\andez2000\living-docs\pickles\example1\docs
Project Name                   : 
Project Version                : 
Language                       : en
Incorporate Test Results?      : Yes
Include Experimental Features? : No
Exclude Tag                    : 
Technical Tag                    : 
Test Result Format             : xUnit2
Test Result File               : C:\dev.me\github\andez2000\living-docs\pickles\example1\results\mytests_2019-08-28_10-06-01-108.trx
Pickle-Features : An error occurred during the activation of a particular registration. See the inner exception for details. Registration: Activator = ITestResults 
(DelegateActivator), Services = [PicklesDoc.Pickles.ObjectModel.ITestResults], Lifetime = Autofac.Core.Lifetime.RootScopeLifetime, Sharing = Shared, Ownership = 
OwnedByLifetimeScope ---> An error occurred during the activation of a particular registration. See the inner exception for details. Registration: Activator = 
XUnit2Results (ReflectionActivator), Services = [PicklesDoc.Pickles.TestFrameworks.XUnit.XUnit2.XUnit2Results], Lifetime = Autofac.Core.Lifetime.CurrentScopeLifetime, 
Sharing = None, Ownership = OwnedByLifetimeScope ---> An exception was thrown while invoking the constructor 'Void .ctor(PicklesDoc.Pickles.IConfiguration, 
PicklesDoc.Pickles.TestFrameworks.XUnit.XUnit2.XUnit2SingleResultLoader, PicklesDoc.Pickles.TestFrameworks.XUnit.XUnit2.XUnit2ScenarioOutlineExampleMatcher)' on type 
'XUnit2Results'. ---> There is an error in XML document (2, 2). (See inner exception for details.) (See inner exception for details.) (See inner exception for details.)
At C:\dev.me\github\andez2000\living-docs\pickles\example1\build\build-pickles.ps1:16 char:1
+ Pickle-Features -FeatureDirectory $FeatureDirectory -OutputDirectory  ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Pickle-Features], DependencyResolutionException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Autofac.Core.DependencyResolutionException,PicklesDoc.Pickles.PowerShell.Pickle_Features

The tests are ran using dotnet test --logger "trx;logfilename=mytests.trx" -r .\results to generate the output file.

I've attached project here:
example1.zip

[dirkrombauts]

Hi,

Pickles does not support the test result files that are produced by .NET Core. So you can generate a living documentation of your application, but you will not be able to include test results in this case.

Cheers,
Dirk

[andez2000]

Hmm, but the test output is XML? I'm not sat at a computer to verify. Could we not make it support dotnetcore?

[dirkrombauts]

The test output is indeed XML - but it has a different structure from the xml that is produced when using xunit in a non-dotnetcore environment.

With regard to making it support dotnetcore: that is of course technically possible. However, I currently don't have time to do development work on Pickles. I don't even have time to review pull requests and make releases at the moment ...