Suppose I create a class with a static method and want to run that method from another classes method or script function.
What is the scope of the static method?
ex:
def Class myClass:
@staticmethod
def mystaticmethod(input):
print("blah")
def scriptfunc():
myClass.mystaticmethod()
Is this valid?
What you have is valid.
But too elaborate on the purpose of @staticmethod, here's Short answer:
Declaring a @staticmethod would mean 2 things:
__init__ or a super method to override it's content or attributes, and doesn't require a subclass/parent class to handle itself.You can just do ClassName.methodName(), from anywhere where ClassName is accessible (so, in the same enclosing scope, or in another module after having imported ClassName.
Python has docs on namespace precedences, which you can read here. Suffice it to say; for objects in general, their 'private' namespace is entirely accessible via the dot operator, as long as the object itself is accessible. This includes all variables and functions defined directly within.
Both of the answers here seem to ignore that the first line is invalid Python code:
def Class myClass:
You probably meant to write this:
class myClass:
One thing to note is that the @staticmethod decorator is not necessary in this case:
In [111]: class myClass:
...: def mystaticmethod(x):
...: print("blah")
...:
In [112]: myClass.mystaticmethod(3)
blah
Adding it makes no difference:
In [113]: class myClass:
...: @staticmethod
...: def mystaticmethod(x):
...: print("blah")
...:
In [114]: myClass.mystaticmethod(3)
blah
def Class myclassisn't valid Python