FormValidation API should allow asserting for text in expected location rather than attempting to retrieve the validation area

[timja]

What feature do you want to see added?

The FormValidation API attempts to select the text in the validation area.

acceptance-test-harness/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/test/acceptance/po/FormValidation.java

Line 67 in 2524148

public static FormValidation await(Control control, boolean silent) {

But nothing in the API says whether it expects content to be there.

If the JavaScript hasn't fired by the time the selenium code executes then it can sometimes fail to find the content causing flakey tests, one such example was worked around in 650531a

My suggested fix would be either:
a) Matchers query element directly for expected text, that way they can retry if text is not what is expected
b) minor change to API to say whether validation content is expected or not, that way it can retry if getText() doesn't return what it should

Upstream changes

No response