Advanced Decorators

Decorator stacking, class decorators, and decorator patterns.

Overview

Master advanced decorator techniques.

Decorator Stacking

def bold(func):
    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
        return f"<b>{func(*args, **kwargs)}</b>"
    return wrapper

def italic(func):
    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
        return f"<i>{func(*args, **kwargs)}</i>"
    return wrapper

@bold
@italic
def greet(name):
    return f"Hello, {name}!"

print(greet("Alice"))  # <b><i>Hello, Alice!</i></b>

Class Decorators

def singleton(cls):
    instances = {}
    def get_instance(*args, **kwargs):
        if cls not in instances:
            instances[cls] = cls(*args, **kwargs)
        return instances[cls]
    return get_instance

@singleton
class Config:
    def __init__(self):
        self.debug = True

c1 = Config()
c2 = Config()
print(c1 is c2)  # True

# Dataclass-like decorator
def add_repr(cls):
    def __repr__(self):
        attrs = ', '.join(f'{k}={v!r}' for k, v in self.__dict__.items())
        return f'{cls.__name__}({attrs})'
    cls.__repr__ = __repr__
    return cls

@add_repr
class Point:
    def __init__(self, x, y):
        self.x = x
        self.y = y

p = Point(1, 2)
print(p)  # Point(x=1, y=2)

Decorator with Arguments

def validate_types(*types):
    def decorator(func):
        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
            for arg, expected_type in zip(args, types):
                if not isinstance(arg, expected_type):
                    raise TypeError(f"Expected {expected_type}, got {type(arg)}")
            return func(*args, **kwargs)
        return wrapper
    return decorator

@validate_types(int, int)
def add(a, b):
    return a + b

print(add(1, 2))  # 3
# add(1, "2")  # TypeError

Practice

Create a caching decorator that works with any function.