added a convenience method.

git-svn-id: https://hudson.dev.java.net/svn/hudson/trunk/hudson/main@13980 71c3de6d-444a-0410-be80-ed276b4c234a

test/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/test/HudsonTestCase.java

@@ -318,6 +318,16 @@ public abstract class HudsonTestCase extends TestCase {
         new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)).readLine();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Performs a search from the search box.
+     */
+    protected Page search(String q) throws Exception {
+        HtmlPage top = new WebClient().goTo("");
+        HtmlForm search = top.getFormByName("search");
+        search.getInputByName("q").setValueAttribute(q);
+        return search.submit(null);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Asserts that the outcome of the build is a specific outcome.
      */