Import only a class static method

Question

I have the following decorator in a base class:

class BaseTests(TestCase):     @staticmethod     def check_time(self, fn):         @wraps(fn)         def test_wrapper(*args,**kwargs):             # do checks ...         return test_wrapper 

And the following class inheriting from BaseTests:

from path.base_posting import BaseTests from path.base_posting.BaseTests import check_time  # THIS LINE DOES NOT WORK!  class SpecificTest(BaseTests):      @check_time # use the decorator     def test_post(self):         # do testing ... 

I would like to use the decorator in SpecificTest as above, without having to use BaseTests.check_time, because in the original code they have long names, and I have to use it in many places. Any ideas?

EDIT: I decided to make check_time an independent function in BaseTests file, and simply import

from path.base_posting import BaseTests, check_time 

Answer 1

Simply put

check_time = BaseTests.check_time 

in your second module:

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from module_paths.base_posting import BaseTests check_time = BaseTests.check_time  class SpecificTest(BaseTests):      @check_time # use the decorator     def test_post(self):         # do testing ... 

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You may also want to reconsider making check_time a staticmethod, since it appears your use case employs it more as a stand-alone function than as a staticmethod.