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<div id="hd"><h1><a href="./">JSCoverage</a><br><span class="tag">code coverage for JavaScript</span></h1></div>
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<h2><abbr title="Frequently Asked Questions">FAQ</abbr></h2>
<h3>Can I use JSCoverage to measure code coverage for a page on <code>http://example.com/</code>?</h3>
<p>
In order to measure the code coverage of a page on <code>http://example.com/</code>,
you must run <code>jscoverage</code> to create a <code>jscoverage.html</code> file on the
<code>example.com</code> server. You cannot use <code>http://example.org/jscoverage.html</code>
to measure the code coverage of a page located on <code>http://example.com/</code>.
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The fundamental reason for this limitation is the
<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/components/same-origin.html">Same Origin Policy</a>
for untrusted JavaScript.
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(In fact, the current version of JSCoverage is slightly more restrictive
than this: it requires that the JavaScript being measured reside under the
same <strong>directory</strong> as the <code>jscoverage.html</code> file.)
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<h3>Why doesn't my test suite run under JSCoverage in Firefox 3?</h3>
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Firefox 3 introduces <a
href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/jsunit/message/1075">new
security restrictions</a> on local files. Depending on the way your
test suite is organized, this may cause problems for JSCoverage.
(You may get the error "uncaught exception: Permission denied to get property Window._$jscoverage".)
There are several workarounds:
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<li><p>Place your files on a web server instead of loading them from the file system.
This is usually the simplest solution.</p>
<li><p>Organize your HTML files in your test suite in a flat directory structure. For example, suppose that
you instrument your test suite with this command:</p>
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jscoverage src instrumented
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<p>If all your HTML files are located directly under the <code>src/</code> directory (i.e., not in a
subdirectory of <code>src/</code>), then you should not have any problems using Firefox 3.</p>
<li><p>Set the <a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Editing_configuration">Firefox preference</a> named
<code><a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Security.fileuri.origin_policy">security.fileuri.origin_policy</a></code>
to 3.</p>
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<h3>I'm trying to load my code with the URL
<code>file:///C:/foo/bar/jscoverage.html?foo/bar.html</code>
and I'm getting all kinds of JavaScript errors.</h3>
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Internet Explorer 6 seems to have problems with a <code>file:</code> URL
that has a query string with a slash in it.
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As a workaround:
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<li><p>Place your files on a web server instead of loading them from the file system.
(<code>http:</code> URLs work fine.)</p>
<li><p>Do not use a query string; enter your URL in the "URL" field in the "Browser" tab.</p>
<li><p>Rearrange your directory structure so that <code>bar.html</code>
ends up in the same directory as <code>jscoverage.html</code>; then
you can use the URL
<code>file:///C:/foo/bar/jscoverage.html?bar.html</code>
with no slash in the query string.</p>
<li><p>Use a different browser. (IE 7 seems to work.)</p>
</ul>
<h3>JSCoverage changes my cursor to a busy cursor, and it never changes back!</h3>
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Certain browsers (<i>e. g</i>., Internet Explorer 6, Opera, Safari) have trouble changing
the cursor. Try moving the mouse and your cursor should change back to normal.
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See <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit/browse_thread/thread/631908bd63241136/783c307480f95d8c">this discussion</a> for more information.
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<h3>JSCoverage hangs sometimes when rendering the coverage report.</h3>
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With Internet Explorer 6 (I think I see a pattern here), garbage collection can cause performance problems.
(More information <a href="http://ajaxian.com/archives/garbage-collection-in-ie6">here</a>.)
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<h3 id="jsunit">Can JSCoverage be used with <a href="http://www.jsunit.net/">JsUnit</a>?</h3>
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It is necessary to run JSCoverage in <dfn>inverted mode</dfn>. You will have to
modify JsUnit to launch JSCoverage.
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See the directory <code>doc/example-jsunit</code> for an example. It
contains a copy of JsUnit version 2.2alpha11, with the file
<code>jsunit/app/main-data.html</code> slightly modified to add a button
which launches JSCoverage. It also contains a simple unit test file <code>test.html</code>. You
can instrument this example as follows:
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<pre>
jscoverage --no-instrument=jsunit doc/example-jsunit doc/instrumented-jsunit
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You can then run the <code>test.html</code> file in JsUnit's <code>jsunit/testRunner.html</code>.
The simplest way to do this is probably to copy the contents of <code>doc/instrumented-jsunit</code>
to the root of a web server and then access the URL
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http://127.0.0.1/jsunit/testRunner.html?testPage=http://127.0.0.1/test.html&autoRun=true
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After the test suite has been run, click on the "Coverage report" button
to get a coverage report.
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