Auto-register class methods using decorator

Question

I want to be able to create a python decorator that automatically \"registers\" class methods in a global repository (with some properties).

Example code:

Answer 1

If you need the classes name, use Matt's solution. However, if you're ok with just having the methods name -- or a reference to the method -- in the registry, this might be a simpler way of doing it:

class Registry:
    r = {}

    @classmethod
    def register(cls, *args):
        def decorator(fn):
            cls.r[fn.__name__] = args
            return fn
        return decorator

class MyClass(object):

    @Registry.register("prop1","prop2")
    def my_method( arg1,arg2 ):
        pass

    @Registry.register("prop3","prop4")
    def my_other_method( arg1,arg2 ):
        pass

print Registry.r

print

{'my_other_method': ('prop3', 'prop4'), 'my_method': ('prop1', 'prop2')}