specs2 skip test based on condition without an exception - specs2

Question

Is there a way to skip a test in specs2 without the SkippedException occurring? I'd like the test to be ignored under a certain condition so that it doesn't show as error but as ignored.
For example: I have the following in the test/scala/Skipped.scala file
package models
import org.specs2.mutable._
import org.specs2.runner._
class Skipped extends Specification{
"Application" should {
if( 3 < 2 ){
"do better with regex" in {
"axbcd" must find( "bc".r )
}
}
else skipped( "blah" )
}
}
and the following the my build.sbt
scalaVersion := "2.10.3"
libraryDependencies += "org.specs2" % "specs2_2.10" % "2.1.1" % "test"
When I run the test, I get the following:
org.specs2.execute.SkipException: blah
at org.specs2.matcher.ThrownExpectations$class.skipped(ThrownExpectations.scala:87)
Am I missing something?
Bonus question:
Why am I using such an old version? When I have the following in my build.sbt, I cannot compile the above code snippet.
scalaVersion := "2.11.1"
libraryDependencies += "org.specs2" %% "specs2" % "2.3.12" % "test"
The error is:
Skipped.scala:7: overloaded method value should with alternatives:
[error] (fs: => Unit)(implicit p1: Skipped.this.ImplicitParam1, implicit p2: Skipped.this.ImplicitParam2)org.specs2.specification.Fragments <and>
[error] (fs: => org.specs2.specification.Fragments)(implicit p: Skipped.this.ImplicitParam)org.specs2.specification.Fragments <and>
[error] (fs: => org.specs2.specification.Fragment)org.specs2.specification.Fragments
[error] cannot be applied to (Product with Serializable)
[error] "Application" should {
[error] ^
[error] one error found
So I'd appreciate if someone could help me with a way to skip a test without an exception, which preferably works in with the newer versions of specs2

Answer 1

This should work:
class Skipped extends Specification{
"Application" should {
if( 3 < 2 ){
"do better with regex" in {
"axbcd" must find( "bc".r )
}
}
else "3 is >= 2" in skipped( "blah" )
}
}
The difference is that skipped is declared in the body of an example which allows it to be reported to the console:
[info] o 3 is >= 2
[info] SKIPPED blah
(or something like that, I didn't run the code)