How do I trap OCUnit test pass/failure messages/events

Question

I\'m trying to use xcodebuild and OCUnit with my Continuous Integration server (TeamCity).

JetBrains offers test observer implementations for boost::test and CppUnit t

Answer 1

I have implemented a simple Teamcity Adapter, you can view the gist here. SenTestObserver isn't exactly broken, it simply doesn't adhere to the best practices:

This is what you need to call in your Observer subclass to have it properly registered:

+(void)initialize
{
    [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setValue:@"TeamCityAdapter" forKey:@"SenTestObserverClass"];
    // we need to force SenTestObserver to register us as a handler
    // SenTestObserver is properly guarding against this invocation so nothing bad will hapen
    // but this is required (bad design on SenTestObserver's side)...
    [super initialize];
}

because SenTestObserver's initialize looks like this:

+ (void) initialize
{
    if ([self class] == [SenTestObserver class]) {
        NSUserDefaults *defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
        NSDictionary *registeredDefaults = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
            @"SenTestLog" , @"SenTestObserverClass",
            nil];
        [defaults registerDefaults:registeredDefaults];
        [NSClassFromString ([defaults objectForKey:@"SenTestObserverClass"]) class]; // make sure default observer is loaded
    }

    if ([[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:@"SenTestObserverClass"] isEqualToString:NSStringFromClass(self)]) {
        [self setCurrentObserver:self];
    }
}

I hope this will help others out there looking for a teamcity adapter for OCUnit / SenTestingKit.