Python Classes

Methods

Methods are functions within a classes

Self

self is a reference to the current instance of the class. It is used to access variables that belong to the class.

(https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/classes.html)

Python classes provide all the standard features of Object Oriented Programming: the class inheritance mechanism allows multiple base classes, a derived class can override any methods of its base class or classes, and a method can call the method of a base class with the same name. Objects can contain arbitrary amounts and kinds of data. As is true for modules, classes partake of the dynamic nature of Python: they are created at runtime, and can be modified further after creation.

What does init() do?

When a class defines an init() method, class instantiation automatically invokes init() for the newly-created class instance.

What about this ->

Here’s an example:

add_node(self, id: str, name: str)->None

That just means the method should return nothing. This is called a type annotation.

This stackoverflow answer addresses the problem.

Pass

Classes can’t be empty but you can use pass to prevent getting an error.

NotImplemented

NotImplemented can be returned that basically just returns nothing.