From dc268c9758700f23482b21447e0c869c1a109a91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: scottqueen-bixal <scott.queen@gsa.gov>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2021 13:16:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] we test for child node types on message

---
 spec/unit/character-count/character-count.spec.js | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/spec/unit/character-count/character-count.spec.js b/spec/unit/character-count/character-count.spec.js
index d7f928fc54..71ae6bdd82 100755
--- a/spec/unit/character-count/character-count.spec.js
+++ b/spec/unit/character-count/character-count.spec.js
@@ -96,4 +96,10 @@ describe("character count component", () => {
     assert.strictEqual(input.validationMessage, VALIDATION_MESSAGE);
     assert.strictEqual(message.classList.contains(MESSAGE_INVALID_CLASS), true);
   });
+
+ it("should not allow for innerHTML of child elements ", () => {
+     Array.from(message.childNodes).forEach((childNode) => {
+        assert.strictEqual(childNode.nodeType, Node.TEXT_NODE);
+      });
+  });
 });