Implements support for calling Test::RecordProperty() outside of a test.

git-svn-id: http://googletest.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@648 861a406c-534a-0410-8894-cb66d6ee9925

7 files changed, 512 insertions, 187 deletions

diff --git a/include/gtest/gtest.h b/include/gtest/gtest.h
index e2f9a99..751aa2e 100644
--- a/include/gtest/gtest.h
+++ b/include/gtest/gtest.h
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ class StreamingListenerTest;
 class TestResultAccessor;
 class TestEventListenersAccessor;
 class TestEventRepeater;
+class UnitTestRecordPropertyTestHelper;
 class WindowsDeathTest;
 class UnitTestImpl* GetUnitTestImpl();
 void ReportFailureInUnknownLocation(TestPartResult::Type result_type,
@@ -381,20 +382,21 @@ class GTEST_API_ Test {
   // non-fatal) failure.
   static bool HasFailure() { return HasFatalFailure() || HasNonfatalFailure(); }
 
-  // Logs a property for the current test.  Only the last value for a given
-  // key is remembered.
-  // These are public static so they can be called from utility functions
-  // that are not members of the test fixture.
-  // The arguments are const char* instead strings, as Google Test is used
-  // on platforms where string doesn't compile.
-  //
-  // Note that a driving consideration for these RecordProperty methods
-  // was to produce xml output suited to the Greenspan charting utility,
-  // which at present will only chart values that fit in a 32-bit int. It
-  // is the user's responsibility to restrict their values to 32-bit ints
-  // if they intend them to be used with Greenspan.
-  static void RecordProperty(const char* key, const char* value);
-  static void RecordProperty(const char* key, int value);
+  // Logs a property for the current test, test case, or for the entire
+  // invocation of the test program when used outside of the context of a
+  // test case.  Only the last value for a given key is remembered.  These
+  // are public static so they can be called from utility functions that are
+  // not members of the test fixture.  Calls to RecordProperty made during
+  // lifespan of the test (from the moment its constructor starts to the
+  // moment its destructor finishes) will be output in XML as attributes of
+  // the <testcase> element.  Properties recorded from fixture's
+  // SetUpTestCase or TearDownTestCase are logged as attributes of the
+  // corresponding <testsuite> element.  Calls to RecordProperty made in the
+  // global context (before or after invocation of RUN_ALL_TESTS and from
+  // SetUp/TearDown method of Environment objects registered with Google
+  // Test) will be output as attributes of the <testsuites> element.
+  static void RecordProperty(const std::string& key, const std::string& value);
+  static void RecordProperty(const std::string& key, int value);
 
  protected:
   // Creates a Test object.
@@ -463,7 +465,7 @@ class TestProperty {
   // C'tor.  TestProperty does NOT have a default constructor.
   // Always use this constructor (with parameters) to create a
   // TestProperty object.
-  TestProperty(const char* a_key, const char* a_value) :
+  TestProperty(const std::string& a_key, const std::string& a_value) :
     key_(a_key), value_(a_value) {
   }
 
@@ -478,7 +480,7 @@ class TestProperty {
   }
 
   // Sets a new value, overriding the one supplied in the constructor.
-  void SetValue(const char* new_value) {
+  void SetValue(const std::string& new_value) {
     value_ = new_value;
   }
 
@@ -537,6 +539,7 @@ class GTEST_API_ TestResult {
 
  private:
   friend class TestInfo;
+  friend class TestCase;
   friend class UnitTest;
   friend class internal::DefaultGlobalTestPartResultReporter;
   friend class internal::ExecDeathTest;
@@ -561,13 +564,16 @@ class GTEST_API_ TestResult {
   // a non-fatal failure if invalid (e.g., if it conflicts with reserved
   // key names). If a property is already recorded for the same key, the
   // value will be updated, rather than storing multiple values for the same
-  // key.
-  void RecordProperty(const TestProperty& test_property);
+  // key.  xml_element specifies the element for which the property is being
+  // recorded and is used for validation.
+  void RecordProperty(const std::string& xml_element,
+                      const TestProperty& test_property);
 
   // Adds a failure if the key is a reserved attribute of Google Test
   // testcase tags.  Returns true if the property is valid.
   // TODO(russr): Validate attribute names are legal and human readable.
-  static bool ValidateTestProperty(const TestProperty& test_property);
+  static bool ValidateTestProperty(const std::string& xml_element,
+                                   const TestProperty& test_property);
 
   // Adds a test part result to the list.
   void AddTestPartResult(const TestPartResult& test_part_result);
@@ -792,6 +798,10 @@ class GTEST_API_ TestCase {
   // total_test_count() - 1. If i is not in that range, returns NULL.
   const TestInfo* GetTestInfo(int i) const;
 
+  // Returns the TestResult that holds test properties recorded during
+  // execution of SetUpTestCase and TearDownTestCase.
+  const TestResult& ad_hoc_test_result() const { return ad_hoc_test_result_; }
+
  private:
   friend class Test;
   friend class internal::UnitTestImpl;
@@ -880,6 +890,9 @@ class GTEST_API_ TestCase {
   bool should_run_;
   // Elapsed time, in milliseconds.
   TimeInMillis elapsed_time_;
+  // Holds test properties recorded during execution of SetUpTestCase and
+  // TearDownTestCase.
+  TestResult ad_hoc_test_result_;
 
   // We disallow copying TestCases.
   GTEST_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN_(TestCase);
@@ -1165,6 +1178,10 @@ class GTEST_API_ UnitTest {
   // total_test_case_count() - 1. If i is not in that range, returns NULL.
   const TestCase* GetTestCase(int i) const;
 
+  // Returns the TestResult containing information on test failures and
+  // properties logged outside of individual test cases.
+  const TestResult& ad_hoc_test_result() const;
+
   // Returns the list of event listeners that can be used to track events
   // inside Google Test.
   TestEventListeners& listeners();
@@ -1192,9 +1209,12 @@ class GTEST_API_ UnitTest {
                          const std::string& os_stack_trace)
       GTEST_LOCK_EXCLUDED_(mutex_);
 
-  // Adds a TestProperty to the current TestResult object. If the result already
-  // contains a property with the same key, the value will be updated.
-  void RecordPropertyForCurrentTest(const char* key, const char* value);
+  // Adds a TestProperty to the current TestResult object when invoked from
+  // inside a test, to current TestCase's ad_hoc_test_result_ when invoked
+  // from SetUpTestCase or TearDownTestCase, or to the global property set
+  // when invoked elsewhere.  If the result already contains a property with
+  // the same key, the value will be updated.
+  void RecordProperty(const std::string& key, const std::string& value);
 
   // Gets the i-th test case among all the test cases. i can range from 0 to
   // total_test_case_count() - 1. If i is not in that range, returns NULL.
@@ -1210,6 +1230,7 @@ class GTEST_API_ UnitTest {
   friend class internal::AssertHelper;
   friend class internal::ScopedTrace;
   friend class internal::StreamingListenerTest;
+  friend class internal::UnitTestRecordPropertyTestHelper;
   friend Environment* AddGlobalTestEnvironment(Environment* env);
   friend internal::UnitTestImpl* internal::GetUnitTestImpl();
   friend void internal::ReportFailureInUnknownLocation(
diff --git a/src/gtest-internal-inl.h b/src/gtest-internal-inl.h
index d661043..302b6cd 100644
--- a/src/gtest-internal-inl.h
+++ b/src/gtest-internal-inl.h
@@ -348,8 +348,7 @@ class TestPropertyKeyIs {
   // Constructor.
   //
   // TestPropertyKeyIs has NO default constructor.
-  explicit TestPropertyKeyIs(const char* key)
-      : key_(key) {}
+  explicit TestPropertyKeyIs(const std::string& key) : key_(key) {}
 
   // Returns true iff the test name of test property matches on key_.
   bool operator()(const TestProperty& test_property) const {
@@ -712,6 +711,12 @@ class GTEST_API_ UnitTestImpl {
     ad_hoc_test_result_.Clear();
   }
 
+  // Adds a TestProperty to the current TestResult object when invoked in a
+  // context of a test or a test case, or to the global property set. If the
+  // result already contains a property with the same key, the value will be
+  // updated.
+  void RecordProperty(const TestProperty& test_property);
+
   enum ReactionToSharding {
     HONOR_SHARDING_PROTOCOL,
     IGNORE_SHARDING_PROTOCOL
@@ -1038,8 +1043,9 @@ bool ParseNaturalNumber(const ::std::string& str, Integer* number) {
 class TestResultAccessor {
  public:
   static void RecordProperty(TestResult* test_result,
+                             const std::string& xml_element,
                              const TestProperty& property) {
-    test_result->RecordProperty(property);
+    test_result->RecordProperty(xml_element, property);
   }
 
   static void ClearTestPartResults(TestResult* test_result) {
diff --git a/src/gtest.cc b/src/gtest.cc
index 911919d..5e96f3e 100644
--- a/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/src/gtest.cc
@@ -1716,8 +1716,9 @@ void TestResult::AddTestPartResult(const TestPartResult& test_part_result) {
 // Adds a test property to the list. If a property with the same key as the
 // supplied property is already represented, the value of this test_property
 // replaces the old value for that key.
-void TestResult::RecordProperty(const TestProperty& test_property) {
-  if (!ValidateTestProperty(test_property)) {
+void TestResult::RecordProperty(const std::string& xml_element,
+                                const TestProperty& test_property) {
+  if (!ValidateTestProperty(xml_element, test_property)) {
     return;
   }
   internal::MutexLock lock(&test_properites_mutex_);
@@ -1731,21 +1732,94 @@ void TestResult::RecordProperty(const TestProperty& test_property) {
   property_with_matching_key->SetValue(test_property.value());
 }
 
-// Adds a failure if the key is a reserved attribute of Google Test
-// testcase tags.  Returns true if the property is valid.
-bool TestResult::ValidateTestProperty(const TestProperty& test_property) {
-  const std::string& key = test_property.key();
-  if (key == "name" || key == "status" || key == "time" || key == "classname") {
-    ADD_FAILURE()
-        << "Reserved key used in RecordProperty(): "
-        << key
-        << " ('name', 'status', 'time', and 'classname' are reserved by "
-        << GTEST_NAME_ << ")";
+// The list of reserved attributes used in the <testsuites> element of XML
+// output.
+static const char* const kReservedTestSuitesAttributes[] = {
+  "disabled",
+  "errors",
+  "failures",
+  "name",
+  "random_seed",
+  "tests",
+  "time",
+  "timestamp"
+};
+
+// The list of reserved attributes used in the <testsuite> element of XML
+// output.
+static const char* const kReservedTestSuiteAttributes[] = {
+  "disabled",
+  "errors",
+  "failures",
+  "name",
+  "tests",
+  "time"
+};
+
+// The list of reserved attributes used in the <testcase> element of XML output.
+static const char* const kReservedTestCaseAttributes[] = {
+  "classname",
+  "name",
+  "status",
+  "time",
+  "type_param",
+  "value_param"
+};
+
+template <int kSize>
+std::vector<std::string> ArrayAsVector(const char* const (&array)[kSize]) {
+  return std::vector<std::string>(array, array + kSize);
+}
+
+static std::vector<std::string> GetReservedAttributesForElement(
+    const std::string& xml_element) {
+  if (xml_element == "testsuites") {
+    return ArrayAsVector(kReservedTestSuitesAttributes);
+  } else if (xml_element == "testsuite") {
+    return ArrayAsVector(kReservedTestSuiteAttributes);
+  } else if (xml_element == "testcase") {
+    return ArrayAsVector(kReservedTestCaseAttributes);
+  } else {
+    GTEST_CHECK_(false) << "Unrecognized xml_element provided: " << xml_element;
+  }
+  // This code is unreachable but some compilers may not realizes that.
+  return std::vector<std::string>();
+}
+
+static std::string FormatWordList(const std::vector<std::string>& words) {
+  Message word_list;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < words.size(); ++i) {
+    if (i > 0 && words.size() > 2) {
+      word_list << ", ";
+    }
+    if (i == words.size() - 1) {
+      word_list << "and ";
+    }
+    word_list << "'" << words[i] << "'";
+  }
+  return word_list.GetString();
+}
+
+bool ValidateTestPropertyName(const std::string& property_name,
+                              const std::vector<std::string>& reserved_names) {
+  if (std::find(reserved_names.begin(), reserved_names.end(), property_name) !=
+          reserved_names.end()) {
+    ADD_FAILURE() << "Reserved key used in RecordProperty(): " << property_name
+                  << " (" << FormatWordList(reserved_names)
+                  << " are reserved by " << GTEST_NAME_ << ")";
     return false;
   }
   return true;
 }
 
+// Adds a failure if the key is a reserved attribute of the element named
+// xml_element.  Returns true if the property is valid.
+bool TestResult::ValidateTestProperty(const std::string& xml_element,
+                                      const TestProperty& test_property) {
+  return ValidateTestPropertyName(test_property.key(),
+                                  GetReservedAttributesForElement(xml_element));
+}
+
 // Clears the object.
 void TestResult::Clear() {
   test_part_results_.clear();
@@ -1821,12 +1895,12 @@ void Test::TearDown() {
 }
 
 // Allows user supplied key value pairs to be recorded for later output.
-void Test::RecordProperty(const char* key, const char* value) {
-  UnitTest::GetInstance()->RecordPropertyForCurrentTest(key, value);
+void Test::RecordProperty(const std::string& key, const std::string& value) {
+  UnitTest::GetInstance()->RecordProperty(key, value);
 }
 
 // Allows user supplied key value pairs to be recorded for later output.
-void Test::RecordProperty(const char* key, int value) {
+void Test::RecordProperty(const std::string& key, int value) {
   Message value_message;
   value_message << value;
   RecordProperty(key, value_message.GetString().c_str());
@@ -2355,6 +2429,7 @@ void TestCase::Run() {
 
 // Clears the results of all tests in this test case.
 void TestCase::ClearResult() {
+  ad_hoc_test_result_.Clear();
   ForEach(test_info_list_, TestInfo::ClearTestResult);
 }
 
@@ -2925,13 +3000,13 @@ class XmlUnitTestResultPrinter : public EmptyTestEventListener {
   // is_attribute is true, the text is meant to appear as an attribute
   // value, and normalizable whitespace is preserved by replacing it
   // with character references.
-  static std::string EscapeXml(const char* str, bool is_attribute);
+  static std::string EscapeXml(const std::string& str, bool is_attribute);
 
   // Returns the given string with all characters invalid in XML removed.
-  static string RemoveInvalidXmlCharacters(const string& str);
+  static std::string RemoveInvalidXmlCharacters(const std::string& str);
 
   // Convenience wrapper around EscapeXml when str is an attribute value.
-  static std::string EscapeXmlAttribute(const char* str) {
+  static std::string EscapeXmlAttribute(const std::string& str) {
     return EscapeXml(str, true);
   }
 
@@ -2940,6 +3015,13 @@ class XmlUnitTestResultPrinter : public EmptyTestEventListener {
     return EscapeXml(str, false);
   }
 
+  // Verifies that the given attribute belongs to the given element and
+  // streams the attribute as XML.
+  static void OutputXmlAttribute(std::ostream* stream,
+                                 const std::string& element_name,
+                                 const std::string& name,
+                                 const std::string& value);
+
   // Streams an XML CDATA section, escaping invalid CDATA sequences as needed.
   static void OutputXmlCDataSection(::std::ostream* stream, const char* data);
 
@@ -2949,10 +3031,12 @@ class XmlUnitTestResultPrinter : public EmptyTestEventListener {
                                 const TestInfo& test_info);
 
   // Prints an XML representation of a TestCase object
-  static void PrintXmlTestCase(FILE* out, const TestCase& test_case);
+  static void PrintXmlTestCase(::std::ostream* stream,
+                               const TestCase& test_case);
 
   // Prints an XML summary of unit_test to output stream out.
-  static void PrintXmlUnitTest(FILE* out, const UnitTest& unit_test);
+  static void PrintXmlUnitTest(::std::ostream* stream,
+                               const UnitTest& unit_test);
 
   // Produces a string representing the test properties in a result as space
   // delimited XML attributes based on the property key="value" pairs.
@@ -3003,7 +3087,9 @@ void XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::OnTestIterationEnd(const UnitTest& unit_test,
     fflush(stderr);
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
   }
-  PrintXmlUnitTest(xmlout, unit_test);
+  std::stringstream stream;
+  PrintXmlUnitTest(&stream, unit_test);
+  fprintf(xmlout, "%s", StringStreamToString(&stream).c_str());
   fclose(xmlout);
 }
 
@@ -3020,43 +3106,42 @@ void XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::OnTestIterationEnd(const UnitTest& unit_test,
 // TODO(wan): It might be nice to have a minimally invasive, human-readable
 // escaping scheme for invalid characters, rather than dropping them.
 std::string XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::EscapeXml(
-    const char* str, bool is_attribute) {
+    const std::string& str, bool is_attribute) {
   Message m;
 
-  if (str != NULL) {
-    for (const char* src = str; *src; ++src) {
-      switch (*src) {
-        case '<':
-          m << "&lt;";
-          break;
-        case '>':
-          m << "&gt;";
-          break;
-        case '&':
-          m << "&amp;";
-          break;
-        case '\'':
-          if (is_attribute)
-            m << "&apos;";
-          else
-            m << '\'';
-          break;
-        case '"':
-          if (is_attribute)
-            m << "&quot;";
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < str.size(); ++i) {
+    const char ch = str[i];
+    switch (ch) {
+      case '<':
+        m << "&lt;";
+        break;
+      case '>':
+        m << "&gt;";
+        break;
+      case '&':
+        m << "&amp;";
+        break;
+      case '\'':
+        if (is_attribute)
+          m << "&apos;";
+        else
+          m << '\'';
+        break;
+      case '"':
+        if (is_attribute)
+          m << "&quot;";
+        else
+          m << '"';
+        break;
+      default:
+        if (IsValidXmlCharacter(ch)) {
+          if (is_attribute && IsNormalizableWhitespace(ch))
+            m << "&#x" << String::FormatByte(static_cast<unsigned char>(ch))
+              << ";";
           else
-            m << '"';
-          break;
-        default:
-          if (IsValidXmlCharacter(*src)) {
-            if (is_attribute && IsNormalizableWhitespace(*src))
-              m << "&#x" << String::FormatByte(static_cast<unsigned char>(*src))
-                << ";";
-            else
-              m << *src;
-          }
-          break;
-      }
+            m << ch;
+        }
+        break;
     }
   }
 
@@ -3066,10 +3151,11 @@ std::string XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::EscapeXml(
 // Returns the given string with all characters invalid in XML removed.
 // Currently invalid characters are dropped from the string. An
 // alternative is to replace them with certain characters such as . or ?.
-string XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::RemoveInvalidXmlCharacters(const string& str) {
-  string output;
+std::string XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::RemoveInvalidXmlCharacters(
+    const std::string& str) {
+  std::string output;
   output.reserve(str.size());
-  for (string::const_iterator it = str.begin(); it != str.end(); ++it)
+  for (std::string::const_iterator it = str.begin(); it != str.end(); ++it)
     if (IsValidXmlCharacter(*it))
       output.push_back(*it);
 
@@ -3145,30 +3231,47 @@ void XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::OutputXmlCDataSection(::std::ostream* stream,
   *stream << "]]>";
 }
 
+void XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::OutputXmlAttribute(
+    std::ostream* stream,
+    const std::string& element_name,
+    const std::string& name,
+    const std::string& value) {
+  const std::vector<std::string>& allowed_names =
+      GetReservedAttributesForElement(element_name);
+
+  GTEST_CHECK_(std::find(allowed_names.begin(), allowed_names.end(), name) !=
+                   allowed_names.end())
+      << "Attribute " << name << " is not allowed for element <" << element_name
+      << ">.";
+
+  *stream << " " << name << "=\"" << EscapeXmlAttribute(value) << "\"";
+}
+
 // Prints an XML representation of a TestInfo object.
 // TODO(wan): There is also value in printing properties with the plain printer.
 void XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::OutputXmlTestInfo(::std::ostream* stream,
                                                  const char* test_case_name,
                                                  const TestInfo& test_info) {
   const TestResult& result = *test_info.result();
-  *stream << "    <testcase name=\""
-          << EscapeXmlAttribute(test_info.name()).c_str() << "\"";
+  const std::string kTestcase = "testcase";
+
+  *stream << "    <testcase";
+  OutputXmlAttribute(stream, kTestcase, "name", test_info.name());
 
   if (test_info.value_param() != NULL) {
-    *stream << " value_param=\"" << EscapeXmlAttribute(test_info.value_param())
-            << "\"";
+    OutputXmlAttribute(stream, kTestcase, "value_param",
+                       test_info.value_param());
   }
   if (test_info.type_param() != NULL) {
-    *stream << " type_param=\"" << EscapeXmlAttribute(test_info.type_param())
-            << "\"";
+    OutputXmlAttribute(stream, kTestcase, "type_param", test_info.type_param());
   }
 
-  *stream << " status=\""
-          << (test_info.should_run() ? "run" : "notrun")
-          << "\" time=\""
-          << FormatTimeInMillisAsSeconds(result.elapsed_time())
-          << "\" classname=\"" << EscapeXmlAttribute(test_case_name).c_str()
-          << "\"" << TestPropertiesAsXmlAttributes(result).c_str();
+  OutputXmlAttribute(stream, kTestcase, "status",
+                     test_info.should_run() ? "run" : "notrun");
+  OutputXmlAttribute(stream, kTestcase, "time",
+                     FormatTimeInMillisAsSeconds(result.elapsed_time()));
+  OutputXmlAttribute(stream, kTestcase, "classname", test_case_name);
+  *stream << TestPropertiesAsXmlAttributes(result);
 
   int failures = 0;
   for (int i = 0; i < result.total_part_count(); ++i) {
@@ -3196,45 +3299,64 @@ void XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::OutputXmlTestInfo(::std::ostream* stream,
 }
 
 // Prints an XML representation of a TestCase object
-void XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::PrintXmlTestCase(FILE* out,
+void XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::PrintXmlTestCase(std::ostream* stream,
                                                 const TestCase& test_case) {
-  fprintf(out,
-          "  <testsuite name=\"%s\" tests=\"%d\" failures=\"%d\" "
-          "disabled=\"%d\" ",
-          EscapeXmlAttribute(test_case.name()).c_str(),
-          test_case.total_test_count(),
-          test_case.failed_test_count(),
-          test_case.disabled_test_count());
-  fprintf(out,
-          "errors=\"0\" time=\"%s\">\n",
-          FormatTimeInMillisAsSeconds(test_case.elapsed_time()).c_str());
-  for (int i = 0; i < test_case.total_test_count(); ++i) {
-    ::std::stringstream stream;
-    OutputXmlTestInfo(&stream, test_case.name(), *test_case.GetTestInfo(i));
-    fprintf(out, "%s", StringStreamToString(&stream).c_str());
-  }
-  fprintf(out, "  </testsuite>\n");
+  const std::string kTestsuite = "testsuite";
+  *stream << "  <" << kTestsuite;
+  OutputXmlAttribute(stream, kTestsuite, "name", test_case.name());
+  OutputXmlAttribute(stream, kTestsuite, "tests",
+                     StreamableToString(test_case.total_test_count()));
+  OutputXmlAttribute(stream, kTestsuite, "failures",
+                     StreamableToString(test_case.failed_test_count()));
+  OutputXmlAttribute(stream, kTestsuite, "disabled",
+                     StreamableToString(test_case.disabled_test_count()));
+  OutputXmlAttribute(stream, kTestsuite, "errors", "0");
+  OutputXmlAttribute(stream, kTestsuite, "time",
+                     FormatTimeInMillisAsSeconds(test_case.elapsed_time()));
+  *stream << TestPropertiesAsXmlAttributes(test_case.ad_hoc_test_result())
+          << ">\n";
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < test_case.total_test_count(); ++i)
+    OutputXmlTestInfo(stream, test_case.name(), *test_case.GetTestInfo(i));
+  *stream << "  </" << kTestsuite << ">\n";
 }
 
 // Prints an XML summary of unit_test to output stream out.
-void XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::PrintXmlUnitTest(FILE* out,
+void XmlUnitTestResultPrinter::PrintXmlUnitTest(std::ostream* stream,
                                                 const UnitTest& unit_test) {
-  fprintf(out, "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n");
-  fprintf(out,
-          "<testsuites tests=\"%d\" failures=\"%d\" disabled=\"%d\" "
-          "errors=\"0\" timestamp=\"%s\" time=\"%s\" ",
-          unit_test.total_test_count(),
-          unit_test.failed_test_count(),
-          unit_test.disabled_test_count(),
-          FormatEpochTimeInMillisAsIso8601(unit_test.start_timestamp()).c_str(),
-          FormatTimeInMillisAsSeconds(unit_test.elapsed_time()).c_str());
+  const std::string kTestsuites = "testsuites";
+
+  *stream << "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n";
+  *stream << "<" << kTestsuites;
+
+  OutputXmlAttribute(stream, kTestsuites, "tests",
+                     StreamableToString(unit_test.total_test_count()));
+  OutputXmlAttribute(stream, kTestsuites, "failures",
+                     StreamableToString(unit_test.failed_test_count()));
+  OutputXmlAttribute(stream, kTestsuites, "disabled",
+                     StreamableToString(unit_test.disabled_test_count()));
+  OutputXmlAttribute(stream, kTestsuites, "errors", "0");
+  OutputXmlAttribute(
+      stream, kTestsuites, "timestamp",
+      FormatEpochTimeInMillisAsIso8601(unit_test.start_timestamp()));
+  OutputXmlAttribute(stream, kTestsuites, "time",
+                     FormatTimeInMillisAsSeconds(unit_test.elapsed_time()));
+
   if (GTEST_FLAG(shuffle)) {
-    fprintf(out, "random_seed=\"%d\" ", unit_test.random_seed());
+    OutputXmlAttribute(stream, kTestsuites, "random_seed",
+                       StreamableToString(unit_test.random_seed()));
   }
-  fprintf(out, "name=\"AllTests\">\n");
-  for (int i = 0; i < unit_test.total_test_case_count(); ++i)
-    PrintXmlTestCase(out, *unit_test.GetTestCase(i));
-  fprintf(out, "</testsuites>\n");
+
+  *stream << TestPropertiesAsXmlAttributes(unit_test.ad_hoc_test_result());
+
+  OutputXmlAttribute(stream, kTestsuites, "name", "AllTests");
+  *stream << ">\n";
+
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < unit_test.total_test_case_count(); ++i) {
+    PrintXmlTestCase(stream, *unit_test.GetTestCase(i));
+  }
+  *stream << "</" << kTestsuites << ">\n";
 }
 
 // Produces a string representing the test properties in a result as space
@@ -3452,7 +3574,7 @@ void TestEventListeners::SuppressEventForwarding() {
 // We don't protect this under mutex_ as a user is not supposed to
 // call this before main() starts, from which point on the return
 // value will never change.
-UnitTest * UnitTest::GetInstance() {
+UnitTest* UnitTest::GetInstance() {
   // When compiled with MSVC 7.1 in optimized mode, destroying the
   // UnitTest object upon exiting the program messes up the exit code,
   // causing successful tests to appear failed.  We have to use a
@@ -3537,6 +3659,12 @@ const TestCase* UnitTest::GetTestCase(int i) const {
   return impl()->GetTestCase(i);
 }
 
+// Returns the TestResult containing information on test failures and
+// properties logged outside of individual test cases.
+const TestResult& UnitTest::ad_hoc_test_result() const {
+  return *impl()->ad_hoc_test_result();
+}
+
 // Gets the i-th test case among all the test cases. i can range from 0 to
 // total_test_case_count() - 1. If i is not in that range, returns NULL.
 TestCase* UnitTest::GetMutableTestCase(int i) {
@@ -3635,12 +3763,14 @@ void UnitTest::AddTestPartResult(
   }
 }
 
-// Creates and adds a property to the current TestResult. If a property matching
-// the supplied value already exists, updates its value instead.
-void UnitTest::RecordPropertyForCurrentTest(const char* key,
-                                            const char* value) {
-  const TestProperty test_property(key, value);
-  impl_->current_test_result()->RecordProperty(test_property);
+// Adds a TestProperty to the current TestResult object when invoked from
+// inside a test, to current TestCase's ad_hoc_test_result_ when invoked
+// from SetUpTestCase or TearDownTestCase, or to the global property set
+// when invoked elsewhere.  If the result already contains a property with
+// the same key, the value will be updated.
+void UnitTest::RecordProperty(const std::string& key,
+                              const std::string& value) {
+  impl_->RecordProperty(TestProperty(key, value));
 }
 
 // Runs all tests in this UnitTest object and prints the result.
@@ -3813,6 +3943,28 @@ UnitTestImpl::~UnitTestImpl() {
   delete os_stack_trace_getter_;
 }
 
+// Adds a TestProperty to the current TestResult object when invoked in a
+// context of a test, to current test case's ad_hoc_test_result when invoke
+// from SetUpTestCase/TearDownTestCase, or to the global property set
+// otherwise.  If the result already contains a property with the same key,
+// the value will be updated.
+void UnitTestImpl::RecordProperty(const TestProperty& test_property) {
+  std::string xml_element;
+  TestResult* test_result;  // TestResult appropriate for property recording.
+
+  if (current_test_info_ != NULL) {
+    xml_element = "testcase";
+    test_result = &(current_test_info_->result_);
+  } else if (current_test_case_ != NULL) {
+    xml_element = "testsuite";
+    test_result = &(current_test_case_->ad_hoc_test_result_);
+  } else {
+    xml_element = "testsuites";
+    test_result = &ad_hoc_test_result_;
+  }
+  test_result->RecordProperty(xml_element, test_property);
+}
+
 #if GTEST_HAS_DEATH_TEST
 // Disables event forwarding if the control is currently in a death test
 // subprocess. Must not be called before InitGoogleTest.
diff --git a/test/gtest_unittest.cc b/test/gtest_unittest.cc
index 09ee898..5aec883 100644
--- a/test/gtest_unittest.cc
+++ b/test/gtest_unittest.cc
@@ -180,6 +180,18 @@ class TestEventListenersAccessor {
   }
 };
 
+class UnitTestRecordPropertyTestHelper : public Test {
+ protected:
+  UnitTestRecordPropertyTestHelper() {}
+
+  // Forwards to UnitTest::RecordProperty() to bypass access controls.
+  void UnitTestRecordProperty(const char* key, const std::string& value) {
+    unit_test_.RecordProperty(key, value);
+  }
+
+  UnitTest unit_test_;
+};
+
 }  // namespace internal
 }  // namespace testing
 
@@ -188,6 +200,7 @@ using testing::AssertionResult;
 using testing::AssertionSuccess;
 using testing::DoubleLE;
 using testing::EmptyTestEventListener;
+using testing::Environment;
 using testing::FloatLE;
 using testing::GTEST_FLAG(also_run_disabled_tests);
 using testing::GTEST_FLAG(break_on_failure);
@@ -213,6 +226,7 @@ using testing::StaticAssertTypeEq;
 using testing::Test;
 using testing::TestCase;
 using testing::TestEventListeners;
+using testing::TestInfo;
 using testing::TestPartResult;
 using testing::TestPartResultArray;
 using testing::TestProperty;
@@ -1447,7 +1461,7 @@ TEST(TestResultPropertyTest, NoPropertiesFoundWhenNoneAreAdded) {
 TEST(TestResultPropertyTest, OnePropertyFoundWhenAdded) {
   TestResult test_result;
   TestProperty property("key_1", "1");
-  TestResultAccessor::RecordProperty(&test_result, property);
+  TestResultAccessor::RecordProperty(&test_result, "testcase", property);
   ASSERT_EQ(1, test_result.test_property_count());
   const TestProperty& actual_property = test_result.GetTestProperty(0);
   EXPECT_STREQ("key_1", actual_property.key());
@@ -1459,8 +1473,8 @@ TEST(TestResultPropertyTest, MultiplePropertiesFoundWhenAdded) {
   TestResult test_result;
   TestProperty property_1("key_1", "1");
   TestProperty property_2("key_2", "2");
-  TestResultAccessor::RecordProperty(&test_result, property_1);
-  TestResultAccessor::RecordProperty(&test_result, property_2);
+  TestResultAccessor::RecordProperty(&test_result, "testcase", property_1);
+  TestResultAccessor::RecordProperty(&test_result, "testcase", property_2);
   ASSERT_EQ(2, test_result.test_property_count());
   const TestProperty& actual_property_1 = test_result.GetTestProperty(0);
   EXPECT_STREQ("key_1", actual_property_1.key());
@@ -1478,10 +1492,10 @@ TEST(TestResultPropertyTest, OverridesValuesForDuplicateKeys) {
   TestProperty property_2_1("key_2", "2");
   TestProperty property_1_2("key_1", "12");
   TestProperty property_2_2("key_2", "22");
-  TestResultAccessor::RecordProperty(&test_result, property_1_1);
-  TestResultAccessor::RecordProperty(&test_result, property_2_1);
-  TestResultAccessor::RecordProperty(&test_result, property_1_2);
-  TestResultAccessor::RecordProperty(&test_result, property_2_2);
+  TestResultAccessor::RecordProperty(&test_result, "testcase", property_1_1);
+  TestResultAccessor::RecordProperty(&test_result, "testcase", property_2_1);
+  TestResultAccessor::RecordProperty(&test_result, "testcase", property_1_2);
+  TestResultAccessor::RecordProperty(&test_result, "testcase", property_2_2);
 
   ASSERT_EQ(2, test_result.test_property_count());
   const TestProperty& actual_property_1 = test_result.GetTestProperty(0);
@@ -1494,14 +1508,14 @@ TEST(TestResultPropertyTest, OverridesValuesForDuplicateKeys) {
 }
 
 // Tests TestResult::GetTestProperty().
-TEST(TestResultPropertyDeathTest, GetTestProperty) {
+TEST(TestResultPropertyTest, GetTestProperty) {
   TestResult test_result;
   TestProperty property_1("key_1", "1");
   TestProperty property_2("key_2", "2");
   TestProperty property_3("key_3", "3");
-  TestResultAccessor::RecordProperty(&test_result, property_1);
-  TestResultAccessor::RecordProperty(&test_result, property_2);
-  TestResultAccessor::RecordProperty(&test_result, property_3);
+  TestResultAccessor::RecordProperty(&test_result, "testcase", property_1);
+  TestResultAccessor::RecordProperty(&test_result, "testcase", property_2);
+  TestResultAccessor::RecordProperty(&test_result, "testcase", property_3);
 
   const TestProperty& fetched_property_1 = test_result.GetTestProperty(0);
   const TestProperty& fetched_property_2 = test_result.GetTestProperty(1);
@@ -1520,42 +1534,6 @@ TEST(TestResultPropertyDeathTest, GetTestProperty) {
   EXPECT_DEATH_IF_SUPPORTED(test_result.GetTestProperty(-1), "");
 }
 
-// When a property using a reserved key is supplied to this function, it tests
-// that a non-fatal failure is added, a fatal failure is not added, and that the
-// property is not recorded.
-void ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKey(const char* key) {
-  TestResult test_result;
-  TestProperty property(key, "1");
-  EXPECT_NONFATAL_FAILURE(
-      TestResultAccessor::RecordProperty(&test_result, property),
-      "Reserved key");
-  ASSERT_EQ(0, test_result.test_property_count()) << "Not recorded";
-}
-
-// Attempting to recording a property with the Reserved literal "name"
-// should add a non-fatal failure and the property should not be recorded.
-TEST(TestResultPropertyTest, AddFailureWhenUsingReservedKeyCalledName) {
-  ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKey("name");
-}
-
-// Attempting to recording a property with the Reserved literal "status"
-// should add a non-fatal failure and the property should not be recorded.
-TEST(TestResultPropertyTest, AddFailureWhenUsingReservedKeyCalledStatus) {
-  ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKey("status");
-}
-
-// Attempting to recording a property with the Reserved literal "time"
-// should add a non-fatal failure and the property should not be recorded.
-TEST(TestResultPropertyTest, AddFailureWhenUsingReservedKeyCalledTime) {
-  ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKey("time");
-}
-
-// Attempting to recording a property with the Reserved literal "classname"
-// should add a non-fatal failure and the property should not be recorded.
-TEST(TestResultPropertyTest, AddFailureWhenUsingReservedKeyCalledClassname) {
-  ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKey("classname");
-}
-
 // Tests that GTestFlagSaver works on Windows and Mac.
 
 class GTestFlagSaverTest : public Test {
@@ -1961,6 +1939,168 @@ TEST(UnitTestTest, ReturnsPlausibleTimestamp) {
   EXPECT_LE(UnitTest::GetInstance()->start_timestamp(), GetTimeInMillis());
 }
 
+// When a property using a reserved key is supplied to this function, it
+// tests that a non-fatal failure is added, a fatal failure is not added,
+// and that the property is not recorded.
+void ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKey(
+    const TestResult& test_result, const char* key) {
+  EXPECT_NONFATAL_FAILURE(Test::RecordProperty(key, "1"), "Reserved key");
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, test_result.test_property_count()) << "Property for key '" << key
+                                                  << "' recorded unexpectedly.";
+}
+
+void ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyForCurrentTest(
+    const char* key) {
+  const TestInfo* test_info = UnitTest::GetInstance()->current_test_info();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(test_info != NULL);
+  ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKey(*test_info->result(),
+                                                        key);
+}
+
+void ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyForCurrentTestCase(
+    const char* key) {
+  const TestCase* test_case = UnitTest::GetInstance()->current_test_case();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(test_case != NULL);
+  ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKey(
+      test_case->ad_hoc_test_result(), key);
+}
+
+void ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyOutsideOfTestCase(
+    const char* key) {
+  ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKey(
+      UnitTest::GetInstance()->ad_hoc_test_result(), key);
+}
+
+// Tests that property recording functions in UnitTest outside of tests
+// functions correcly.  Creating a separate instance of UnitTest ensures it
+// is in a state similar to the UnitTest's singleton's between tests.
+class UnitTestRecordPropertyTest :
+    public testing::internal::UnitTestRecordPropertyTestHelper {
+ public:
+  static void SetUpTestCase() {
+    ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyForCurrentTestCase(
+        "disabled");
+    ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyForCurrentTestCase(
+        "errors");
+    ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyForCurrentTestCase(
+        "failures");
+    ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyForCurrentTestCase(
+        "name");
+    ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyForCurrentTestCase(
+        "tests");
+    ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyForCurrentTestCase(
+        "time");
+
+    Test::RecordProperty("test_case_key_1", "1");
+    const TestCase* test_case = UnitTest::GetInstance()->current_test_case();
+    ASSERT_TRUE(test_case != NULL);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(1, test_case->ad_hoc_test_result().test_property_count());
+    EXPECT_STREQ("test_case_key_1",
+                 test_case->ad_hoc_test_result().GetTestProperty(0).key());
+    EXPECT_STREQ("1",
+                 test_case->ad_hoc_test_result().GetTestProperty(0).value());
+  }
+};
+
+// Tests TestResult has the expected property when added.
+TEST_F(UnitTestRecordPropertyTest, OnePropertyFoundWhenAdded) {
+  UnitTestRecordProperty("key_1", "1");
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(1, unit_test_.ad_hoc_test_result().test_property_count());
+
+  EXPECT_STREQ("key_1",
+               unit_test_.ad_hoc_test_result().GetTestProperty(0).key());
+  EXPECT_STREQ("1",
+               unit_test_.ad_hoc_test_result().GetTestProperty(0).value());
+}
+
+// Tests TestResult has multiple properties when added.
+TEST_F(UnitTestRecordPropertyTest, MultiplePropertiesFoundWhenAdded) {
+  UnitTestRecordProperty("key_1", "1");
+  UnitTestRecordProperty("key_2", "2");
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(2, unit_test_.ad_hoc_test_result().test_property_count());
+
+  EXPECT_STREQ("key_1",
+               unit_test_.ad_hoc_test_result().GetTestProperty(0).key());
+  EXPECT_STREQ("1", unit_test_.ad_hoc_test_result().GetTestProperty(0).value());
+
+  EXPECT_STREQ("key_2",
+               unit_test_.ad_hoc_test_result().GetTestProperty(1).key());
+  EXPECT_STREQ("2", unit_test_.ad_hoc_test_result().GetTestProperty(1).value());
+}
+
+// Tests TestResult::RecordProperty() overrides values for duplicate keys.
+TEST_F(UnitTestRecordPropertyTest, OverridesValuesForDuplicateKeys) {
+  UnitTestRecordProperty("key_1", "1");
+  UnitTestRecordProperty("key_2", "2");
+  UnitTestRecordProperty("key_1", "12");
+  UnitTestRecordProperty("key_2", "22");
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(2, unit_test_.ad_hoc_test_result().test_property_count());
+
+  EXPECT_STREQ("key_1",
+               unit_test_.ad_hoc_test_result().GetTestProperty(0).key());
+  EXPECT_STREQ("12",
+               unit_test_.ad_hoc_test_result().GetTestProperty(0).value());
+
+  EXPECT_STREQ("key_2",
+               unit_test_.ad_hoc_test_result().GetTestProperty(1).key());
+  EXPECT_STREQ("22",
+               unit_test_.ad_hoc_test_result().GetTestProperty(1).value());
+}
+
+TEST_F(UnitTestRecordPropertyTest,
+       AddFailureInsideTestsWhenUsingTestCaseReservedKeys) {
+  ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyForCurrentTest(
+      "name");
+  ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyForCurrentTest(
+      "value_param");
+  ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyForCurrentTest(
+      "type_param");
+  ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyForCurrentTest(
+      "status");
+  ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyForCurrentTest(
+      "time");
+  ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyForCurrentTest(
+      "classname");
+}
+
+TEST_F(UnitTestRecordPropertyTest,
+       AddRecordWithReservedKeysGeneratesCorrectPropertyList) {
+  EXPECT_NONFATAL_FAILURE(
+      Test::RecordProperty("name", "1"),
+      "'classname', 'name', 'status', 'time', 'type_param', and 'value_param'"
+      " are reserved");
+}
+
+class UnitTestRecordPropertyTestEnvironment : public Environment {
+ public:
+  virtual void TearDown() {
+    ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyOutsideOfTestCase(
+        "tests");
+    ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyOutsideOfTestCase(
+        "failures");
+    ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyOutsideOfTestCase(
+        "disabled");
+    ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyOutsideOfTestCase(
+        "errors");
+    ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyOutsideOfTestCase(
+        "name");
+    ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyOutsideOfTestCase(
+        "timestamp");
+    ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyOutsideOfTestCase(
+        "time");
+    ExpectNonFatalFailureRecordingPropertyWithReservedKeyOutsideOfTestCase(
+        "random_seed");
+  }
+};
+
+// This will test property recording outside of any test or test case.
+static Environment* record_property_env =
+    AddGlobalTestEnvironment(new UnitTestRecordPropertyTestEnvironment);
+
 // This group of tests is for predicate assertions (ASSERT_PRED*, etc)
 // of various arities.  They do not attempt to be exhaustive.  Rather,
 // view them as smoke tests that can be easily reviewed and verified.
diff --git a/test/gtest_xml_output_unittest.py b/test/gtest_xml_output_unittest.py
index 1bcd418..3d794e6 100755
--- a/test/gtest_xml_output_unittest.py
+++ b/test/gtest_xml_output_unittest.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ else:
   STACK_TRACE_TEMPLATE = ''
 
 EXPECTED_NON_EMPTY_XML = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<testsuites tests="23" failures="4" disabled="2" errors="0" time="*" timestamp="*" name="AllTests">
+<testsuites tests="23" failures="4" disabled="2" errors="0" time="*" timestamp="*" name="AllTests" ad_hoc_property="42">
   <testsuite name="SuccessfulTest" tests="1" failures="0" disabled="0" errors="0" time="*">
     <testcase name="Succeeds" status="run" time="*" classname="SuccessfulTest"/>
   </testsuite>
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Invalid characters in brackets []%(stack)s]]></failure>
   <testsuite name="DisabledTest" tests="1" failures="0" disabled="1" errors="0" time="*">
     <testcase name="DISABLED_test_not_run" status="notrun" time="*" classname="DisabledTest"/>
   </testsuite>
-  <testsuite name="PropertyRecordingTest" tests="4" failures="0" disabled="0" errors="0" time="*">
+  <testsuite name="PropertyRecordingTest" tests="4" failures="0" disabled="0" errors="0" time="*" SetUpTestCase="yes" TearDownTestCase="aye">
     <testcase name="OneProperty" status="run" time="*" classname="PropertyRecordingTest" key_1="1"/>
     <testcase name="IntValuedProperty" status="run" time="*" classname="PropertyRecordingTest" key_int="1"/>
     <testcase name="ThreeProperties" status="run" time="*" classname="PropertyRecordingTest" key_1="1" key_2="2" key_3="3"/>
diff --git a/test/gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc b/test/gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc
index bf0c871..48b8771 100644
--- a/test/gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc
+++ b/test/gtest_xml_output_unittest_.cc
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ TEST(InvalidCharactersTest, InvalidCharactersInMessage) {
 }
 
 class PropertyRecordingTest : public Test {
+ public:
+  static void SetUpTestCase() { RecordProperty("SetUpTestCase", "yes"); }
+  static void TearDownTestCase() { RecordProperty("TearDownTestCase", "aye"); }
 };
 
 TEST_F(PropertyRecordingTest, OneProperty) {
@@ -120,12 +123,12 @@ TEST(NoFixtureTest, RecordProperty) {
   RecordProperty("key", "1");
 }
 
-void ExternalUtilityThatCallsRecordProperty(const char* key, int value) {
+void ExternalUtilityThatCallsRecordProperty(const std::string& key, int value) {
   testing::Test::RecordProperty(key, value);
 }
 
-void ExternalUtilityThatCallsRecordProperty(const char* key,
-                                            const char* value) {
+void ExternalUtilityThatCallsRecordProperty(const std::string& key,
+                                            const std::string& value) {
   testing::Test::RecordProperty(key, value);
 }
 
@@ -173,5 +176,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     TestEventListeners& listeners = UnitTest::GetInstance()->listeners();
     delete listeners.Release(listeners.default_xml_generator());
   }
+  testing::Test::RecordProperty("ad_hoc_property", "42");
   return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
 }
diff --git a/test/gtest_xml_test_utils.py b/test/gtest_xml_test_utils.py
index 0e5a108..35458f8 100755
--- a/test/gtest_xml_test_utils.py
+++ b/test/gtest_xml_test_utils.py
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ class GTestXMLTestCase(gtest_test_utils.TestCase):
     actual_attributes   = actual_node  .attributes
     self.assertEquals(
         expected_attributes.length, actual_attributes.length,
-        'attribute numbers differ in element ' + actual_node.tagName)
+        'attribute numbers differ in element %s:\nExpected: %r\nActual: %r' % (
+            actual_node.tagName, expected_attributes.keys(),
+            actual_attributes.keys()))
     for i in range(expected_attributes.length):
       expected_attr = expected_attributes.item(i)
       actual_attr   = actual_attributes.get(expected_attr.name)