JUnit: how to avoid “no runnable methods” in test utils classes

Question

I have switched to JUnit4.4 from JUnit3.8. I run my tests using ant, all my tests run successfully but test utility classes fail with \"No runnable methods\" error. The patt

Answer 1

What about adding an empty test method to these classes?

public void avoidAnnoyingErrorMessageWhenRunningTestsInAnt() {
    assertTrue(true); // do nothing;
}