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+/* Tests for validation checks during form creation and editing. */
+
+import {
+    getJobTemplate
+} from '../fixtures';
+
+import {
+    AWX_E2E_TIMEOUT_SHORT
+} from '../settings';
+
+let data;
+
+const templatesNavTab = '//at-side-nav-item[contains(@name, "TEMPLATES")]';
+const orgsNavTab = '//at-side-nav-item[contains(@name, "ORGANIZATIONS")]';
+
+module.exports = {
+    before: (client, done) => {
+        const resources = [
+            getJobTemplate('test-form-error-handling'),
+            getJobTemplate('test-form-error-handling-2')
+        ];
+
+        Promise.all(resources)
+            .then(([jt, jt2]) => {
+                data = { jt, jt2 };
+                done();
+            });
+        client
+            .login()
+            .waitForAngular()
+            .resizeWindow(1200, 1000)
+            .useXpath()
+            .findThenClick(templatesNavTab)
+            .findThenClick('//*[@id="button-add"]')
+            .findThenClick('//a[@ui-sref="templates.addJobTemplate"]');
+    },
+    'Test max character limit when creating a job template': client => {
+        client
+            .waitForElementVisible('//input[@id="job_template_name"]')
+            .setValue(
+                '//input[@id="job_template_name"]',
+                ['a'.repeat(513), client.Keys.ENTER]
+            )
+            .setValue(
+                '//input[@name="inventory_name"]',
+                ['test-form-error-handling-inventory', client.Keys.ENTER]
+            )
+            .setValue(
+                '//input[@name="project_name"]',
+                ['test-form-error-handling-project', client.Keys.ENTER]
+            )
+
+            // clicked twice to make the element an active field
+            .findThenClick('//*[@id="select2-playbook-select-container"]')
+            .findThenClick('//*[@id="select2-playbook-select-container"]')
+            .findThenClick('//li[text()="hello_world.yml"]')
+            .findThenClick('//*[@id="job_template_save_btn"]')
+            .findThenClick('//*[@id="alert_ok_btn"]');
+
+        client.expect.element('//div[@id="job_template_name_group"]' +
+            '//div[@id="job_template-name-api-error"]').to.be.visible.before(AWX_E2E_TIMEOUT_SHORT);
+    },
+
+    'Test duplicate template name handling when creating a job template': client => {
+        client
+            .waitForElementNotVisible('//*[@id="alert_ok_btn"]')
+            .waitForElementVisible('//div[contains(@class, "Form-title")]')
+            .clearValue('//input[@id="job_template_name"]')
+            .setValue(
+                '//input[@id="job_template_name"]',
+                ['test-form-error-handling-job-template', client.Keys.ENTER]
+            )
+            .findThenClick('//*[@id="job_template_save_btn"]')
+            .findThenClick('//*[@id="alert_ok_btn"]');
+    },
+
+    'Test incorrect format when creating a job template': client => {
+        client
+            .waitForElementNotVisible('//*[@id="alert_ok_btn"]')
+            .waitForElementVisible('//div[contains(@class, "Form-title")]')
+            .clearValue('//input[@name="inventory_name"]')
+            .setValue(
+                '//input[@name="inventory_name"]',
+                ['invalid inventory name', client.Keys.ENTER]
+            )
+            .clearValue('//input[@name="project_name"]')
+            .setValue(
+                '//input[@name="project_name"]',
+                ['invalid project', client.Keys.ENTER]
+            );
+
+        client.expect.element('//*[@id="job_template-inventory-notfound-error"]')
+            .to.be.visible.after(AWX_E2E_TIMEOUT_SHORT);
+        client.expect.element('//*[@id="job_template-project-notfound-error"]')
+            .to.be.visible.after(AWX_E2E_TIMEOUT_SHORT);
+    },
+
+    'Test max character limit when editing a job template': client => {
+        client
+            .waitForElementNotVisible('//*[@id="alert_ok_btn"]')
+            .setValue(
+                '//input[contains(@class, "SmartSearch-input")]',
+                ['name.iexact:test-form-error-handling-job-template', client.Keys.ENTER]
+            )
+            // double click to make field active
+            .findThenClick('//a[text()="test-form-error-handling-job-template"]')
+            .findThenClick('//a[text()="test-form-error-handling-job-template"]')
+            .findThenClick('//div[contains(@class, "Form-title") and text()="test-form-error-handling-job-template"]')
+            .clearValue('//input[@id="job_template_name"]')
+            .setValue(
+                '//input[@id="job_template_name"]',
+                ['a'.repeat(513), client.Keys.ENTER]
+            )
+            .findThenClick('//*[@id="job_template_save_btn"]')
+            .findThenClick('//*[@id="alert_ok_btn"]');
+
+        client.expect.element('//div[@id="job_template_name_group"]' +
+            '//div[@id="job_template-name-api-error"]').to.be.visible.after(AWX_E2E_TIMEOUT_SHORT);
+    },
+
+    'Test duplicate template name handling when editing a job template': client => {
+        client
+            .waitForElementNotVisible('//*[@id="alert_ok_btn"]')
+            .findThenClick('//div[contains(@class, "Form-title")]')
+            .clearValue('//input[@id="job_template_name"]')
+            .setValue(
+                '//input[@id="job_template_name"]',
+                ['test-form-error-handling-2-job-template', client.Keys.ENTER]
+            )
+            .findThenClick('//*[@id="job_template_save_btn"]')
+            .findThenClick('//*[@id="alert_ok_btn"]');
+    },
+
+    'Test incorrect format when editing a job template': client => {
+        client
+            .waitForElementNotVisible('//*[@id="alert_ok_btn"]')
+            .waitForElementVisible('//div[contains(@class, "Form-title")]')
+            .clearValue('//input[@name="inventory_name"]')
+            .setValue(
+                '//input[@name="inventory_name"]',
+                ['invalid inventory name', client.Keys.ENTER]
+            )
+            .clearValue('//input[@name="project_name"]')
+            .setValue(
+                '//input[@name="project_name"]',
+                ['invalid project', client.Keys.ENTER]
+            );
+
+        client.expect.element('//*[@id="job_template-inventory-notfound-error"]')
+            .to.be.visible.after(AWX_E2E_TIMEOUT_SHORT);
+        client.expect.element('//*[@id="job_template-project-notfound-error"]')
+            .to.be.visible.after(AWX_E2E_TIMEOUT_SHORT);
+    },
+
+    'Test max character limit when creating an organization': client => {
+        client
+            .findThenClick(orgsNavTab)
+            .findThenClick('//*[@id="button-add"]')
+            .waitForElementVisible('//div[contains(@class, "Form-title")]')
+            .setValue(
+                '//input[@id="organization_name"]',
+                ['a'.repeat(513), client.Keys.ENTER]
+            )
+            .findThenClick('//*[@id="organization_save_btn"]')
+            .findThenClick('//*[@id="alert_ok_btn"]')
+            .waitForElementNotVisible('//*[@id="alert_ok_btn"]');
+    },
+
+    'Test duplicate template name handling when creating an organization': client => {
+        client
+            .setValue(
+                '//input[@id="organization_name"]',
+                ['test-form-error-handling-2-organization)', client.Keys.ENTER]
+            )
+            .findThenClick('//*[@id="organization_save_btn"]')
+            .findThenClick('//*[@id="alert_ok_btn"]')
+            .waitForElementNotVisible('//*[@id="alert_ok_btn"]');
+    },
+
+    'Test max character limit when editing an organization': client => {
+        client
+            .setValue(
+                '//input[contains(@class, "SmartSearch-input")]',
+                ['name.iexact:test-form-error-handling-organization', client.Keys.ENTER]
+            )
+            // double click to make field active
+            .findThenClick('//a[normalize-space(text())= "test-form-error-handling-organization"]')
+            .findThenClick('//a[normalize-space(text())= "test-form-error-handling-organization"]')
+            .findThenClick('//*[contains(@class, "Form-title") and text()="test-form-error-handling-organization"]')
+            .clearValue('//input[@id="organization_name"]')
+            .setValue(
+                '//input[@id="organization_name"]',
+                ['a'.repeat(513), client.Keys.ENTER]
+            )
+            .findThenClick('//*[@id="organization_save_btn"]')
+            .findThenClick('//*[@id="alert_ok_btn"]')
+            .waitForElementNotVisible('//*[@id="alert_ok_btn"]');
+    },
+
+    'Test duplicate template name handling when editing an organization': client => {
+        client
+            .clearValue('//input[@id="organization_name"]')
+            .setValue(
+                '//input[@id="organization_name"]',
+                ['test-form-error-handling-2-organization', client.Keys.ENTER]
+            )
+            .findThenClick('//*[@id="organization_save_btn"]')
+            .findThenClick('//*[@id="alert_ok_btn"]')
+            .waitForElementNotVisible('//*[@id="alert_ok_btn"]');
+    },
+
+    after: client => {
+        client.end();
+    }
+};