How can I access a classmethod from inside a class in Python

Question

I would like to create a class in Python that manages above all static members. These members should be initiliazed during definition of the class already. Due to the fact t

Answer 1

This seems like a reasonable solution:

from __future__ import annotations
from typing import ClassVar, Dict
import abc
import string


class Cipher(abc.ABC):
    @abc.abstractmethod
    def encrypt(self, plaintext: str) -> str:
        pass

    @abc.abstractmethod
    def decrypt(self, ciphertext: str) -> str:
        pass


class RotateCipher(Cipher, abc.ABC):
    @staticmethod
    def rotate(n: int) -> str:
        return string.ascii_uppercase[n:] + string.ascii_uppercase[:n]


class VigenereCipher(RotateCipher):
    _TABLE: ClassVar[Dict[str, str]] = dict({(chr(i + ord("A")), RotateCipher.rotate(i)) for i in range(26)})

    def encrypt(self, plaintext: str) -> str:
        pass

    def decrypt(self, plaintext: str) -> str:
        pass


vc = VigenereCipher()

The method is now a static method of the cipher, nothing outside the classes is referenced. You could opt to name RotateCipher _RotateCipher instead, if you don't want people using it by itself.

Note: I removed the Final, as I ran this on 3.7, but after reading the documentation on Final, I don't think it would affect the solution? Also added an import for string which the question was missing. And finally added an implementation for the abstract methods, alternatively, could have let VigenereCipher inherit from abc.ABC as well.