How to programmatically ignore/skip tests with ScalaTest?

Question

I am running some tests with ScalaTest which rely on connections to test servers to be present. I currently created my own Spec similar to this:

abstract class ServerDependingSpec extends FlatSpec with Matchers {    def serverIsAvailable: Boolean = {     // Check if the server is available   } } 

Is it possible to ignore (but not fail) tests when this method returns false?

Currently I do it in a "hackish" way:

"Something" should "do something" in {   if(serverIsAvailable) {     // my test code   } } 

but I want something like

whenServerAvailable "Something" should "do something" in {    // test code } 

or

"Something" should "do something" whenServerAvailable {    // test code } 

I think I should define my custom tag, but I can only refer to the source code of in or ignore and I do not understand how I should plug in my custom implementations.

How should I accomplish this?

Answer 1

You can use assume to conditionally cancel a test:

"Something" should "do something" in {   assume(serverIsAvailable)    // my test code } 

or you can test for some condition yourself, and then use cancel:

"Something" should "do something" in {   if(!serverIsAvailable) {     cancel   }    // my test code }