From b5341be6120e47d20da38afc1183db35d7b31fd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Berman <Julian@GrayVines.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2013 16:44:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Remove duplication

---
 docs/validate.rst | 11 +++++++++++
 jsonschema.py     | 19 ++-----------------
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/validate.rst b/docs/validate.rst
index ab14a63..a0664fd 100644
--- a/docs/validate.rst
+++ b/docs/validate.rst
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ be enabled by hooking in a format-checking object into an :class:`IValidator`.
 
 .. autoclass:: FormatChecker
     :members:
+    :exclude-members: cls_checks
 
     .. attribute:: checkers
 
@@ -191,6 +192,16 @@ be enabled by hooking in a format-checking object into an :class:`IValidator`.
         for all checkers using the :meth:`FormatChecker.checks` or
         :meth:`FormatChecker.cls_checks` decorators respectively.
 
+    .. method:: cls_checks(format)
+
+        Register a decorated function as *globally* validating a new format.
+
+        Any instance created after this function is called will pick up the
+        supplied checker.
+
+        :argument str format: the format that the decorated function will check
+
+
 
 There are a number of default checkers that :class:`FormatChecker`\s know how
 to validate. Their names can be viewed by inspecting the
diff --git a/jsonschema.py b/jsonschema.py
index 39b93d5..ee8a235 100644
--- a/jsonschema.py
+++ b/jsonschema.py
@@ -517,23 +517,6 @@ class FormatChecker(object):
         else:
             self.checkers = dict((k, self.checkers[k]) for k in formats)
 
-    @classmethod
-    def cls_checks(cls, format):
-        """
-        Register a decorated function as *globally* validating a new format.
-
-        Any instance created after this function is called will pick up the
-        supplied checker.
-
-        :argument str format: the format that the decorated function will check
-
-        """
-
-        def _checks(func):
-            cls.checkers[format] = func
-            return func
-        return _checks
-
     def checks(self, format):
         """
         Register a decorated function as validating a new format.
@@ -547,6 +530,8 @@ class FormatChecker(object):
             return func
         return _checks
 
+    cls_checks = classmethod(checks)
+
     def conforms(self, instance, format):
         """
         Check whether the instance conforms to the given format.