The @ symbol is in fact a JavaScript expression currently proposed to signify decorators: Decorators make it possible to annotate and modify classes and properties at design time. Here's an example... Read More
The Decorator Pattern is used for adding additional functionality to a particular object as opposed to a class of objects. It is easy to add functionality to an entire class of objects by subclassing... Read More
Here's some snippet, modified from those cited by Leandro: import warnings import functools def deprecated(func): """This is a decorator which can be used to mark functions as deprecated. It... Read More
It is rather subjective to say whether there are "advantages" to each method. However, a good understanding of what goes under the hood would make it natural for one to pick the best choice for each... Read More
For [(toggled)]="..." to work you need @Input() toggled: boolean; @Output() toggledChange: EventEmitter<boolean> = new EventEmitter<boolean>(); changeValue() { this.toggled = !(this.toggled... Read More
Use functools.wraps() to update the attributes of the decorator: from functools import wraps def decorator(f): @wraps(f) def _decorator(): print 'decorator active' f() re... Read More
Proxy, Decorator, Adapter, and Bridge are all variations on "wrapping" a class. But their uses are different. Proxy could be used when you want to lazy-instantiate an object, or hide the fact that y... Read More
Starting from Python 3.2 there is a built-in decorator: @functools.lru_cache(maxsize=100, typed=False) Decorator to wrap a function with a memoizing callable that saves up to the maxsize most recent... Read More
The cleanest way I know of for doing this is the following: import functools def decorator(original_function=None, optional_argument1=None, optional_argument2=None, ...): def _decorate(functio... Read More
You seem to be using classic old-style classes in python 2. In order for properties to work correctly you need to use new-style classes instead (in python 2 you must inherit from object). Just declar... Read More