Mark unit test as an expected failure in JUnit

Question

How can I mark a test as an expected failure in JUnit 4?

In this case I want to continue to run this test until something is patched upstream. Ignoring the test goes

Answer 1

What about explicitly expecting an AssertionError?

@Test(expected = AssertionError.class)
public void unmarshalledDocumentHasExpectedValue() {
    // ...
}

If you're reasonably confident that only the JUnit machinery within the test would raise AssertionError, this seems as self-documenting as anything.

You'd still run the risk of forgetting about such a test. I wouldn't let such tests into version control for long, if ever.