cppcheck/man/chapters/07-xml-output.md

XML output

Cppcheck can generate output in XML format. Use --xml to enable this format.

A sample command to check a file and output errors in the XML format:

cppcheck --xml file1.cpp

Here is a sample report:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<results version="2">
  <cppcheck version="1.66">
  <errors>
    <error id="someError" severity="error" msg="short error text"
       verbose="long error text" inconclusive="true" cwe="312">
      <location file0="file.c" file="file.h" line="1"/>
   </error>
  </errors>
</results>

The <error> element

Each error is reported in a <error> element. Attributes:

id

id of error. These are always valid symbolnames.

severity

error/warning/style/performance/portability/information

msg

the error message in short format

verbose

the error message in long format

inconclusive

this attribute is only used when the error message is inconclusive

cwe

CWE ID for the problem. This attribute is only used when the CWE ID for the message is known.

The <location> element

All locations related to an error are listed with <location> elements. The primary location is listed first.

Attributes:

file

filename. both relative and absolute paths are possible.

file0

name of the source file (optional)

line

line number

info

short information for each location (optional)