How is a method that does not depend on an instance of a class declared and used in Python?

In Python, a method that does not depend on an instance of the class is declared using the @staticmethod decorator. Such a method does not take the self parameter and can be called either through an instance of the class or through the class itself.

Example:

class MyClass:
    @staticmethod
    def greet(name):
        return f"Hello, {name}!"

# Call through the class
print(MyClass.greet("Alice"))  # Outputs: Hello, Alice!

# Call through an instance
obj = MyClass()
print(obj.greet("Bob"))  # Outputs: Hello, Bob!

This type of method is useful when the method's logic does not depend on the state of a specific object.