pageFooterPartial

package com.gfs.corp.bid.cucumber.pageobjects;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;

import com.gfs.corp.bid.cucumber.Page;

public class PageFooterPartial extends Page{
  
	public PageFooterPartial(WebDriver webDriver) {
		this.webDriver = webDriver;
	}
	
	//private WebElement pageFooter = webDriver.findElement(By.cssSelector("div#bid-footer"));

	public String getFooterDate() {
		String pageFooter = webDriver.findElement(By.cssSelector("div#bid-footer")).getText();
		return pageFooter;
	}
	
	public String getCurrentDate(){
		Date currentDate = new Date();
		DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
		String strCurrDate = dateFormat.format(currentDate);
		String todaysDate = "Todays Date:  " + strCurrDate;
		return todaysDate;
	}	
}

StepDefs

package com.gfs.corp.bid.cucumber.codebidspage;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

import org.openqa.selenium.internal.seleniumemulation.WaitForPageToLoad;

import com.gfs.corp.bid.cucumber.pageobjects.CodeBidsPage;
import com.gfs.corp.bid.cucumber.pageobjects.PageFooterPartial;
import com.gfs.corp.bid.cucumber.pageobjects.PageHeaderPartial;
import com.gfs.corp.bid.cucumber.pageobjects.ViewBidsPage;

import cucumber.api.java.Before;
import cucumber.api.java.en.Given;
import cucumber.api.java.en.Then;
import cucumber.api.java.en.When;
import cucumber.runtime.PendingException;

/**
 * Feature: Code Bid page has standard page header and footer
 * https://jira.gfs.com/jira/browse/SBA-2880
 **/

public class StandardHeaderAndFooterStepDefs {
  
	private ViewBidsPage viewBidsPage;
	private PageHeaderPartial pageHeaderPartial;
	private PageFooterPartial pageFooterPartial;
	
	@Before
    public void before_examples() throws Exception {
		  viewBidsPage = new ViewBidsPage();
    	pageHeaderPartial = new PageHeaderPartial(viewBidsPage.webDriver());  // current approach
    	pageFooterPartial = new PageFooterPartial(viewBidsPage.webDriver()); 
    }
	
	@Given("^I'm \"([^\"]*)\" user and any \"([^\"]*)\"$")
	public void I_m_user_and_any(String arg1, String arg2) throws Throwable {
		viewBidsPage.open();
	}

	@When("^I click on the \"([^\"]*)\" bid milestone tab$")
	public void I_click_on_the_bid_milestone_tab(String milestoneTab) throws Throwable {
		viewBidsPage.waitForPageToLoad();
		viewBidsPage.clickOnMilestoneTab(milestoneTab);
	}
	
	@Then("^I should see the standard header and footer$")
	public void I_should_see_the_standard_header_and_footer() throws Throwable {
		assertEquals("Strategic Bid Application", pageHeaderPartial.getHeaderTitle().getText());
		assertEquals("View Bids - Code", pageHeaderPartial.getCurrentPageTitle().getText());
		assertEquals(true, pageFooterPartial.getFooterDate());
	}
	

}