Browser page object base and subclasses

The following code is for the PassionTeaCoBasePO.java and PassionTeaCoWelcomePO.java classes:

PassionTeaCoBasePO.java

The following code is for the PassionTeaCoBasePO.java class:

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory;

import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;

/**
 * @author Carl Cocchiaro
 *
 * Passion Tea Company Base Page Object Class
 *
 */
public abstract class PassionTeaCoBasePO<M extends WebElement> {
    // local variables
    protected String pageTitle = "";

    // constructor
    public PassionTeaCoBasePO() throws Exception...