The Base Test Class

package Tests;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;
import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
import PageObjects.HomePage;
import framework.DriverFactory;
import framework.LogWriter;
public class BaseTest {
  public WebDriver driver;
	
  private static final String URL = "http://www.vpl.ca";
  private LogWriter traceLogWriter = new LogWriter("./target/logs", "trace.log");
  @BeforeMethod
  public void setUp() throws MalformedURLException 
  {	    
      String browserName = System.getenv("BROWSER");						
      this.driver        = DriverFactory.getDriver(browserName);            
  }
	
  @AfterMethod
  public void tearDown() 
  {		
      driver.quit();		
  }
	
  public HomePage openHomePage()    
  {
    driver.navigate().to(URL);
    WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 30);
    wait.until(d -> d.getCurrentUrl().contains("vpl.ca"));
	    
    traceLogWriter.writeToLog("Open Home Page");
	    
    return new HomePage(driver);
  }
	
}