Add selectors for text and arbitrary objects (#45112)

Co-authored-by: Paulus Schoutsen <balloob@gmail.com>

homeassistant/helpers/selector.py

@@ -162,3 +162,17 @@ class ActionSelector(Selector):
     """Selector of an action sequence (script syntax)."""
 
     CONFIG_SCHEMA = vol.Schema({})
+
+
+@SELECTORS.register("object")
+class ObjectSelector(Selector):
+    """Selector for an arbitrary object."""
+
+    CONFIG_SCHEMA = vol.Schema({})
+
+
+@SELECTORS.register("text")
+class StringSelector(Selector):
+    """Selector for a multi-line text string."""
+
+    CONFIG_SCHEMA = vol.Schema({vol.Optional("multiline", default=False): bool})

tests/helpers/test_selector.py

@@ -169,3 +169,21 @@ def test_target_selector_schema(schema):
 def test_action_selector_schema(schema):
     """Test action sequence selector."""
     selector.validate_selector({"action": schema})
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "schema",
+    ({},),
+)
+def test_object_selector_schema(schema):
+    """Test object selector."""
+    selector.validate_selector({"object": schema})
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "schema",
+    ({}, {"multiline": True}, {"multiline": False}),
+)
+def test_text_selector_schema(schema):
+    """Test text selector."""
+    selector.validate_selector({"text": schema})