[Jython-users] How do i override a static Java method in Jython ?

[Erlend V <eb...@im...>]

Hi all!

I'm trying to look into using Jython with JUnit

in my Class that extends junit.framework.TestCase, i have

 def suite():
        "@sig public static junit.framework.Test suite()"
        print "suite called"
        return junit.framework.TestSuite("test.SimpleTest")


If I dont specify the "@sig", the static suite method is not overridden, and 
if I add the @sig, I get the problem shown below.

How can a Jython program override a static method?

Erlend
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[evb@evb unittest]$ jythonc -p test SimpleTest.py
processing SimpleTest

Required packages:
  junit.swingui
  junit.framework
 
Creating adapters:
 
Creating .java files:
  SimpleTest module
    SimpleTest extends junit.framework.TestCase
 
Compiling .java to .class...
Compiling with args: ['/usr/local/ibmjdk1.3/bin/javac', '-classpath', 
'/usr/local/jython-2.0b2/jython.jar:.::/usr/local/ant/ant/lib/ant.jar:/usr/local/JacORB1_1/classes:/usr/local/JacORB1_1/lib/idl.jar:/usr/local/JacORB1_1/lib/jacorb.jar:/usr/local/jython-2.0b2/jython.jar:/usr/local/junit3.4/junit.jar:./jpywork::/usr/local/jython-2.0b2/Tools/jythonc:/home/evb/work/python/unittest/.:/usr/local/jython-2.0b2/Lib', 
'./jpywork/test/SimpleTest.java']
1  ./jpywork/test/SimpleTest.java:158: non-static variable this cannot be 
referenced from a static context
        PyObject inst = Py.jgetattr(this, "suite");
                                    ^
Note: ./jpywork/test/SimpleTest.java uses or overrides a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -deprecation for details.
1 error
 
ERROR DURING JAVA COMPILATION... EXITING