When using @classmethod this is passed first instead of self. Now inside the method with this decorator i need to call functions that are not defined inside this decorator but are defined in the class. How can i call the two functions get_int_input and get_non_int_input so that i can pass them to the return cls(name,pay_rate,hours) statement?
class Employee(object):
def __init__(self,name,pay_rate,hours):
self.name = name
self.pay_rate = pay_rate
self.hours = ("mon","tues","wed","thursday","friday","saturday","sunday")
def get_int_input(prompt):
while True:
pay_grade = raw_input(prompt)
try:
i = int(pay_grade)
except ValueError:
print "Int Only"
else:
return i
def get_non_int_input(prompt):
while True:
a_name = raw_input(prompt)
try:
i = int(a_name)
except ValueError:
return a_name
else:
print " Strings Only"
@classmethod
def from_input(cls):
day_count = 1
hours = ("m","tue","w","thur","f","s","sun")
while day_count <= 7:
for day in hours:
day = input(" Enter hours for day " + str(day_count) + "--- ")
day_count += 1
return cls(name,pay_rate,hours)
name = get_non_int_input("\n Enter new employee name\n")
pay_rate = get_int_input("Enter pay rate ")
employee = Employee.from_input()
print str(employee)
You would add the @staticmethod decorator before the other two classes. Since they don't take either the Employee class or one of its instances as their first argument, they operate independently of a particular class or instance, and in this sense are "static".
A method decorated in this manner is an attribute of its containing class, and is called as a class attribute, for example:
>>> class Foo(object):
... @staticmethod
... def bar():
... print 'called the static method'
...
>>> Foo.bar()
called the static method
This works the same way if you're calling Foo.bar() from inside one of Foo's class methods.
There are some other problems here, though - I would advise you to seek more comprehensive review and advice.