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 /**
     * This method allows to generate time stamp with predefined format, but not only from today, but from date that we
     * pass as a parameter to the method.
     * If days = 0 , then we return current date stamp
     * If number is > 0, then we return date in the future
     * If number is < 0 then we return date from the past
     * @param days number of days since stated date
     * @param format it's a format in which date string will be returned             
     * @return date as a String
     */

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/**
     * This method will return as a date string of the last day of the month.
     * @param month if 0 then we look for current month
     * @param format format in which date should be returned as a string
     * @return
     */
    public static String getEndOfTheMonth(int month, String format){
        SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        Date today = new Date();
        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();

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public static String getResourcePath(String relativePath) {
        return new Utils().getClass().getResource("/").getPath() + relativePath;
    }

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// get System properties :
            Properties properties = System.getProperties();
            // get Operating System home directory
            String home = properties.get("user.dir").toString();
            // get Operating System separator
            String separator = properties.get("file.separator").toString();
            // your directory name
            String directoryName = "directoryName";
            // your file name
            String fileName = "filename";

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This class gives you nice way of retrying some action several times to make sure that either works or not. Here's an example of the code where this class can be used :

/**
	 * Get value of an element using id
	 * 
	 * @param id				the location of the element
	 * @param attribute			name of an attribute
	 * @return attribute value	value that was in attribute
	 */
	public String getValueFromId(String id, String attribute) throws Exception {

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public void waitForPageToLoad() {
        Wait<WebDriver> wait = new WebDriverWait(manager.getDriver(), 30);
        wait.until(new Function<WebDriver, Boolean>() {
            public Boolean apply(WebDriver driver) {
                System.out.println("Current Window State       : "
                        + String.valueOf(((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("return document.readyState")));
                return String
                        .valueOf(((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("return document.readyState"))
                        .equals("complete");
            }

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public int randomIntGenerator(int minimum, int maximum) {
		Random rn = new Random();
                return rn.nextInt(maximum - minimum) + minimum;
	}

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public void selectFromDropDownWithHover(String menuTitle, String menuItem, String locatorType) throws Exception {
        Actions actions = new Actions(manager.getDriver());
        //first we find the menu title on which we will hover mouse cursor
       WebElement menuHoverLink = findElementByLocator(locatorType, menuTitle);
       //now we hover it with mouse
       actions.moveToElement(menuHoverLink).perform();
       //let's find our menu item
       WebElement menuItemElement = findElementByLocator(locatorType, menuItem);
       actions.moveToElement(menuItemElement);
       actions.click().build().perform();

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/**
     * A convenience method that performs click-and-hold at the location of the source element, moves by a given offset, then releases the mouse.
     * @param slider webElement
     * @param xOffset - horizontal move offset. Positive value means moving to the right, negative - to the left
     * @param yOffset - vertical move offset. Positive value means moving up, negative - down
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public void dragAndDrop(WebElement slider, int xOffset, int yOffset) throws Exception {
        Actions moveSlider = new Actions(driver);
        Action action = moveSlider.clickAndHold(slider)

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 public void dragAndDrop2(WebElement element, int xOffset, int yOffset) throws Exception {
        Actions builder = new Actions(driver;
        Action dragAndDrop = builder.dragAndDropBy(element, xOffset, yOffset) .build();
        dragAndDrop.perform();
    }