Selenium Framework Design in Data-Driven Testing

Common methods

At this point, the abstract base class has been built with the page factory initialization, abstract methods, and common elements, and, finally, we need to add some common methods. What methods should go in the base class?

Basically, any method that would apply to each of the subclass page objects goes into this class. Examples would be: navigation bar methods; page methods to retrieve titles, copyrights, logos, and headings; methods for logging out of the application; methods to synchronize against spinner controls that appear on each page; methods that handle alert and error message windows; custom methods for drop-down list selections; methods for label and text verification; and so on.

Any method that can be made "generic" ...