# StepState

Steps are rendered in XML as a `<step>` element.

### Attributes

state
  The current state of the step: `PENDING`, `EXECUTING`, `PAUSED`, `FAILED`, `DONE` or `SKIPPED`.
failures
  The number of times this step has failed.

### Child elements

<description>
  Textual description of the step.
<startDate>
  The date when the step was started. Format: the ISO 8601 profile used in XML
<completionDate>
  The date when the step was completed. Format: ISO 8601 profile used in XML
log
  Contains the entire log output of the step. This may be long.

## Example

    <step failures="0" state="PENDING">
      <description>Create Step (# 0)</description>
      <startDate>Wed, 20 Jun 12 12:15:09 CEST</startDate>
      <completionDate>Wed, 20 Jun 12 12:15:09 CEST</completionDate>
      <log>
        Connecting to server...
      </log>
    </step>