Junit log errors

[MRolandd]

How to display syntax errors in Junit log? Or exactly how does the <error> tag appear? If I fail a test it is a <failure>.
In PHP unit the <error> tag appears when There is a syntax error

[palmerj3]

@MRolandd currently jest does not differentiate between an "error" and a "failure" so currently that portion is unused.

It's a feature I've wanted to add to jest for a while and eventually will do - it's a bit complex of a change in jest to make that happen.

[MRolandd]

Ok, then it is a way to parse syntax errors from the code as failures? If I have a syntax error my log file is empty. Just with an empty testsuites

[palmerj3]

Well syntax errors and other non-recoverable errors like this result in jest not even successfully parsing the test file. So, in this case, a reporter (any reporter) wouldn't get enough useful information to be able to generate a report.

jest-junit, in particular, would need to know the describe and/or it block names otherwise we'd be reporting on failures/errors on some generated id and you might not be able to make a connection to the actual test file.

[MRolandd]

Thank you for your reply. It really helped about this issue.