Ignoring tests

Ignoring a Test

If for some reason, you don't want a test to fail, you just want it ignored, you temporarily disable a test.

To ignore a test in JUnit you can either comment a method, or delete the @Test annotation; but the test runner will not report such a test. Alternatively, you can add the @Ignore annotation in front or after @Test. Test runners will report the number of ignored tests, along with the number of tests that ran and the number of tests that failed.

Note that @Ignore takes an optional parameter (a String) if you want to record a reason why a test is being ignored.

@Ignore("Test is ignored as a demonstration")
@Test
public void testSame() {
    assertThat(1, is(1));
}