Groovy Postbuild testResultAction always null

[foolhunger Hsiao]

Hi, all

I was trying to use groovy postbuild plugin to get test failure count, and test pass count.

But the testResultAction is always null, I have tried this on two Jenkins instances, one with version 1.6+, another 1.5+.

The script is simple:

def failCnt = manager.build.testResultAction.failCount

but throws null pointer exception since getTestResultAction is null.

The build starts with one maven build (mvn clean test, with 5 total tests, 3 failed tests), and I think the groovy script should be able to get the testResult.

Not sure what went wrong, many thanks.

[Victor Martinez]

Hi,

 Do you use the junit plugin (https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/JUnit+Plugin) in your jenkins job?

Cheers

[foolhunger Hsiao]

Thanks Victor

I think I have found the issue, it works with maven style jobs but doesn't work with freestyle ones, not sure whether that's intentional or a bug

Maybe I should open a Jira issue for this

[Victor Martinez]

IMO, freestyle jobs don't know what a test means unless there are some post build actions to parse those *unit files, therefore you shouldn't raise a ticket since that's the expected behavior I guess so.

Cheers

[foolhunger Hsiao]

Maybe it is the way how it works, many thanks, really helps