Where are generic methods usually present in your framework?

Was asked where are your generic methods?
Answered:in TestBaseclass of every Suite.

Was asked:Don't you think generic methods are supposed to be accessable to all suites of a package?

[b:3n0nlufy]Query:[/b:3n0nlufy][b:3n0nlufy]Am clueless about this.Could you further explain more about all generic methods being placed in a class & all tests extend this class?[/b:3n0nlufy]