Will - You can override a method in Python, but can you overload it? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10202938/how-do-i-use-method-overloading-in-python
> On Apr 30, 2016, at 6:23 AM, Will Stevens <williamstev...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Here is a pretty good explanation. > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/136097/what-is-the-difference-between-staticmethod-and-classmethod-in-python > > I am guessing that both exist because the function is called both with a > host instance and with the class itself. > > Class instance example: `h.enableMaintenance(client)` > > Class example: `Host.enableMaintenance(client, 1)` > > In both cases the first parameter is implicitly `h` and `Host` > respectively. > > I am not sure why we need both (because I am not familiar with how this > code is called), but method overloading is definitely valid in python. > > On Apr 30, 2016 1:08 AM, "Tutkowski, Mike" <mike.tutkow...@netapp.com> > wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> >> I received an error when trying to invoke the instance version of > enableMaintenance (below). >> >> >> 'TypeError: enableMaintenance() takes exactly 3 arguments (2 given)\n'] >> >> >> I looked at base.py and it has the following with regards to maintenance > mode for hosts: >> >> >> def enableMaintenance(self, apiclient): >> >> """enables maintenance mode Host""" >> >> >> cmd = prepareHostForMaintenance.prepareHostForMaintenanceCmd() >> >> cmd.id = self.id >> >> return apiclient.prepareHostForMaintenance(cmd) >> >> >> @classmethod >> >> def enableMaintenance(cls, apiclient, id): >> >> """enables maintenance mode Host""" >> >> >> cmd = prepareHostForMaintenance.prepareHostForMaintenanceCmd() >> >> cmd.id = id >> >> return apiclient.prepareHostForMaintenance(cmd) >> >> >> Now, I definitely have a lot more Java experience than Python, but - as > far as I know - having two methods with the same name such as this (even if > one is an instance method and the other is a class method) is not really > "permitted" in Python. >> >> >> I mean, technically it's permitted, but the second one will override the > first one. >> >> >> Can any of our Python people comment on this? >> >> >> I was thinking I'd remove the class method (assuming my knowledge here > regarding this topic is correct). >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> Mike >> >> >>
