Python class static methods

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12735392/python-class-static-methods

You're getting the error because you're taking a self argument in each of those functions. They're static, you don't need it.

However, the 'pythonic' way of doing this is not to have a class full of static methods, but to just make them free functions in a module.

#fileutility.py: def get_file_size(fullName): fileSize = os.path.getsize(fullName) return fileSize def get_file_path(fullName): filePath = os.path.abspath(fullName) return filePath

Now, in your other python files (assuming fileutility.py is in the same directory or on the PYTHONPATH)

import fileutility fileutility.get_file_size("myfile.txt") fileutility.get_file_path("that.txt")

It doesn't mention static methods specifically, but if you're coming from a different language, PEP 8, the python style guide is a good read and introduction to how python programmers think.