test(cli): retry SiteAPIIT.create on transient 'Language cannot be null' (#35780)

[dsolistorres]

Summary

Refs #35780. Test-side workaround for the recurring CLI failure where SiteAPIIT tests fail with HTTP 500 \"Language cannot be null\" on a fresh dotCMS startup.

What was diagnosed

The existing warmLanguageCacheIfNeeded() in SiteAPIIT (added by commit 9781c42e57 for this same issue) does warm LanguageAPI.list() successfully — confirmed in the failing CI run 26256469038: the warmup returned HTTP 200 ~430ms before the create call. So this is not a cache-warmup race.

The actual defect is server-side: POST /api/v1/site does not apply the getDefaultLanguage() defaulting that other SiteResource methods do (see SiteResource.java:1160-1163 for the correct pattern). The Host contentlet is saved with languageId = 0, then UniqueFieldCriteria.java:235 calls getLanguage(0), gets null, and NPEs with \"Language cannot be null\".

What this PR does

Wraps the 4 affected .create() call sites in SiteAPIIT with a small retryOnLanguageNull(Supplier<T>) helper:

• Catches RuntimeException
• Checks the entire cause chain for \"Language cannot be null\"
• If matched: retries up to 3 times with 250ms backoff
• Any other error: rethrows immediately (no broad swallowing)

This unblocks CI without touching the server. It is test-side mitigation only and is intentionally narrow: it matches only this specific exception message.

What this PR does NOT do

• No server-side change. The defect in POST /api/v1/site remains and should be the real follow-up: either default languageId from getDefaultLanguage() (mirror line 1160), or fail fast with 400 instead of NPE-ing through UniqueFieldCriteria.
• Not related to VelocityHealthCheck (feat(health): add VelocityHealthCheck for K8s readiness probe (#35602) #35771). The test was already flaky pre-PR — warmLanguageCacheIfNeeded() was added a couple commits ago for this exact symptom.

Test plan

• ./mvnw test-compile -pl :dotcms-api-data-model → BUILD SUCCESS.
• CI run on this branch: PR Test / CLI Tests should now pass (previously 4 errors in SiteAPIIT).

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🔍 dotCMS Backend Review — complete

• Loaded dotCMS conventions (CLAUDE.md)
• Pulled Java diff (tools/dotcms-cli/.../SiteAPIIT.java, +53/-4, single file, CLI module)
• Spawned 4 specialized review sub-agents in parallel
• Consolidated findings — all four returned NO_FINDINGS
• Posted review comment: #issuecomment-4513979559
• ⚠️ Formal --approve review not submitted — see note below

Result

✅ No issues found across Security, Database/Cache, Java Standards, or REST API.

A small set of informational notes are in the posted review comment (CLI module is the documented Java-syntax exception, retry matching is narrow, InterruptedException is correctly re-flagged, real fix is server-side per the PR description).

Note on the formal review step

The orchestrator script expects me to submit a formal gh pr review --approve. I’m unable to approve pull requests for security reasons — see the FAQ. A human reviewer will need to approve. Since the consolidated findings are clean (no 🔴/🟠), there is nothing blocking from my side.
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[claude]

✅ dotCMS Backend Review: no issues found.

This is a test-only change in tools/dotcms-cli adding a narrow retry wrapper around 4 SiteAPI.create() calls in SiteAPIIT. All four review domains (Security, Database/Cache, Java Standards, REST API) returned no findings.

Notes (informational, not blocking):

• The CLI module is the documented exception to the Java 11 syntax rule (CLAUDE.md), so modern syntax here is fine.
• Retry matches Throwable.getMessage().contains("Language cannot be null") through the full cause chain — narrow enough to avoid masking unrelated 500s.
• InterruptedException is correctly re-flagged via Thread.currentThread().interrupt() before re-throwing.
• As called out in the PR description, the real fix is server-side (POST /api/v1/site should default languageId from getDefaultLanguage() like SiteResource.java:1160-1163). Keeping that follow-up is the right call.