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            OpenLayers.Util.extend(control, {

                messageText: "The map is currently broken due to problems with the map server.",

                type: 'ErrorMessages',

                title: 'Error messages',

import org.junit.Before;

import org.junit.Test;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;

import eu.etaxonomy.dataportal.DataPortalSite;

        FeatureBlock featureBlockDistribution = p.getFeatureBlockAt(featureId, featureClass, "div", "span");

        assertEquals(featureLabel, featureBlockDistribution.getTitle().getText());

        String distributionContentText = featureBlockDistribution.getContentText().trim();

        assertEquals(blockTextFull, distributionContentText);

        featureBlockDistribution.testDescriptionElementLayout(0, indent, descriptionElementFontSize, expectedCssDisplay, expectedListStyleType, expectedListStylePosition, expectedListStyleImage);