How to create utility class in salesforce?

Hi,

Common test utility classes are public test classes that contain reusable code for test data creation.
Public test utility classes are defined with the isTest annotation, and as such, are excluded from the organisation code size limit and execute in test context. They can be called by test methods but not by non-test code.

The methods in the public test utility class are defined the same way methods are in non-test classes. They can take parameters and can return a value. The methods should be declared as public or global to be visible to other test classes. These common methods can be called by any test method in your Apex classes to set up test data before running the test. While you can create public methods for test data creation in a regular Apex class, without the isTest annotation, you don’t get the benefit of excluding this code from the organisation code size limit.

Example of utility class :

@isTest
public class TestDataFactory {
public static void createTestRecords(Integer numAccts, Integer numContactsPerAcct) {
List<Account> accts = new List<Account>();

for(Integer i=0;i<numAccts;i++) {
Account a = new Account(Name='TestAccount' + i);
accts.add(a);
}
insert accts;

List<Contact> cons = new List<Contact>();
for (Integer j=0;j<numAccts;j++) {
Account acct = accts[j];
// For each account just inserted, add contacts
for (Integer k=numContactsPerAcct*j;k<numContactsPerAcct*(j+1);k++) {
cons.add(new Contact(firstname='Test'+k,
lastname='Test'+k,
AccountId=acct.Id));
}
}
// Insert all contacts for all accounts
insert cons;
}
}