Python Programming/Decorators

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Decorator in Python is a syntax sugar for high-level function.

Minimal Example of property decorator:

>>> class Foo(object):
...     @property
...     def bar(self):
...         return 'baz'
...
>>> F = Foo()
>>> print F.bar
baz

The above example is really just a syntax sugar for codes like this:

>>> class Foo(object):
...     def bar(self):
...         return 'baz'
...     bar = property(bar)
...
>>> F = Foo()
>>> print F.bar
baz

Minimal Example of generic decorator:

>>> def decorator(f):
...     def called(*args, **kargs):
...         print 'A function is called somewhere'
...         return f(*args, **kargs)
...     return called
...
>>> class Foo(object):
...     @decorator
...     def bar(self):
...         return 'baz'
...
>>> F = Foo()
>>> print F.bar()
A function is called somewhere
baz
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