Using Java Selenium Webdriver and LoadableComponent to handle page changes

gistfile1.java

public class ExpectedPage extends SlowLoadableComponent<ExpectedPage> {

	private WebDriver driver;
	private String pagelabel;
	private static int timeOutInSeconds = 3; // this controls how long get() method will 
	                                         // delay after load() and before isLoaded()
	public ExpectedPage(WebDriver drv) {
		super(new SystemClock(), timeOutInSeconds);
		System.out.println("Loading ExpectedPage Page");
		this.driver = drv;
		this.driver = new ReusableInternetExploderDriver();
		this.get(); // requires being called explicitly. not sure why.
		PageFactory.initElements(driver, this);
	} 

	@Override 
	protected void isLoaded() throws Error {
		System.out.println("Calling isLoaded...");

                // i'm not sure this block of code actually works but here it is
                // might need to come up with a better idea
		final WebElement myDynamicElement = ( new WebDriverWait(driver, 10) )
		    .until(new ExpectedCondition<WebElement>(){
			@Override
			public WebElement apply(WebDriver d) {
				return d.findElement(By.className("prettyboxlabel"));
			}});

		pagelabel = myDynamicElement.getText();
		if ( pagelabel.equalsIgnoreCase("Expected Text") )
		{
			System.out.println("Expected page is loaded.");
			assertTrue(true);
		} else {
			System.out.println("Expected page is not loaded.  Actual page label is: " + pagelabel );
			assertTrue(false);
		}
	}

	@Override
	protected void load() { 
		System.out.println("Calling load...");
                //  do whatever is necessary here to load the page
                //  and then isLoaded() will be called again
	} 

	@FindBy(name = "NAME_LAST") private WebElement namelast; 
	@FindBy(name = "NAME_FIRST") private WebElement namefirst;  
	@FindBy(name = "NAME_MIDDLE") private WebElement namemiddle;
	@FindBy(name = "NAME_SUFFIX") private WebElement namesuffix;

	public void setNameLast(String lname) {
		clearAndType(defnamelast, lname);		
	}

	public void setNameFirst(String fname) {
		clearAndType(defnamefirst, fname);		
	}

	public void setNameMiddle(String mname) {
		clearAndType(defnamemiddle, mname);		
	}

	public void setNameSuffix(String sname) {
		clearAndType(defnamesuffix, sname);		
	}

	public void clearAndType(WebElement field, String text) { 
		field.clear(); 
		field.sendKeys(text); 
	}

        public void waitSeconds(int secons) {
		System.out.print("Pausing for " + secons + " seconds: ");
		try {
			Thread.currentThread();		
			int x = 1;
			while(x <= secons) {
				Thread.sleep(1000);
				System.out.print(" " + x );
				x = x + 1;
			}
			System.out.print('\n');

		} catch (InterruptedException ex) {
			ex.printStackTrace();
		}	
	}

	public boolean handleAlert() {
		String alertMessage = "";
		boolean handled = false;
		try {
		    if( driver.switchTo().alert() != null ) {
			Alert alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
			alertMessage =  alert.getText();
			alert.dismiss();
			handled = true;
			if ( alertMessage.contains("LAST NAME") )
			{
			    System.out.println("Caught name field error.");
			}
		    }
		} catch ( Exception e ) {
			System.out.println("Failure to catch and dismiss alert message box.");
		}
		return handled;		
	}

	@FindBy(id = "NEXTButton") private WebElement nextbutton;

	public void clickNextButton() {
		System.out.print("Clicking next button to Next page.  ");
		nextbutton.click();
		while ( handleAlert() ) 
		{
			nextbutton.click();
		}
		waitSeconds(2); //TODO need to fix this hack to fix page synchronization
	}

// the rest of the class is below , as necessary


}