Before stepping into the TDD cycle, I like to sketch out the tests that need to be implemented - i.e. write empty test methods with speaking names.

Unfortunately I have not found a way to "paint them yellow" - mark them as pending for JUnit. I can make them either fail or pass. Now I am letting them fail by throwing an Exception, but I'd rather use an equivalent of pending from rspec.

Is there such an option in JUnit or an "adjacent" library?

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