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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\block\Functional;
+
+use Drupal\block\Entity\Block;
+use Drupal\Component\Render\FormattableMarkup;
+
+/**
+ * Provides test assertions for testing block appearance.
+ *
+ * Can be used by test classes that extend \Drupal\Tests\BrowserTestBase.
+ */
+trait AssertBlockAppearsTrait {
+
+ /**
+ * Checks to see whether a block appears on the page.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\block\Entity\Block $block
+ * The block entity to find on the page.
+ */
+ protected function assertBlockAppears(Block $block) {
+ $result = $this->findBlockInstance($block);
+ $this->assertTrue(!empty($result), new FormattableMarkup('The block @id appears on the page', ['@id' => $block->id()]));
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Checks to see whether a block does not appears on the page.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\block\Entity\Block $block
+ * The block entity to find on the page.
+ */
+ protected function assertNoBlockAppears(Block $block) {
+ $result = $this->findBlockInstance($block);
+ $this->assertFalse(!empty($result), new FormattableMarkup('The block @id does not appear on the page', ['@id' => $block->id()]));
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Find a block instance on the page.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\block\Entity\Block $block
+ * The block entity to find on the page.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ * The result from the xpath query.
+ */
+ protected function findBlockInstance(Block $block) {
+ return $this->xpath('//div[@id = :id]', [':id' => 'block-' . $block->id()]);
+ }
+
+}