I want to create a kind of utility class which contains only static methods which are callable by the name class prefix. Looks like I'm doing something wrong :)
Here is my small class:
class FileUtility():
@staticmethod
def GetFileSize(self, fullName):
fileSize = os.path.getsize(fullName)
return fileSize
@staticmethod
def GetFilePath(self, fullName):
filePath = os.path.abspath(fullName)
return filePath
Now my "main" method:
from FileUtility import *
def main():
path = 'C:\config_file_list.txt'
dir = FileUtility.GetFilePath(path)
print dir
and I got an error: unbound method GetFilePath() must be called with FileUtility instance as first argument (got str instance instead)
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A have a few questions here:
- What am I doing wrong? Should not the static method be callable by classname?
- Do I really need a utility class, or are there other ways to achieve the same in Python?
- If I try to change the code in main I'm getting:
TypeError: GetFilePath() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)
The new main
:
from FileUtility import *
def main():
objFile = FileUtility()
path = 'H:\config_file_list.txt'
dir = objFile.GetFilePath(path)
print dir