I have a junit integration test that runs on our build machine, and calls an external server. We use a gating build - so code doesn't make it in to the main branch unless we get 100% of tests passing
Occasionally, the external server goes down for a while, and the test fails, but with a definitive exception that I can catch. I really don't want the test to fail the build, therefore blocking code getting in - but I also would prefer it's not marked as "passed". So I want to sort of mark it as a warning, ignored, or indeterminate result. This would be ideal:
@Test
public void someTest()
{
try
{
do whatever
}
catch (ServerDownException theException)
{
junit.markThisTestAsIgnored(); <---- something like this
}
}