Python dynamically add decorator to class' methods by decorating class

Question

say I have a class:

class x:

    def first_x_method(self):
        print \'doing first_x_method stuff...\'

    def second_x_method(self):
        print \'d         


        

Answer 1

Unless there is a definite reason to use a class as a decorator, I think it is usually easier to use functions to define decorators.

Here is one way to create a class decorator trace, which decorates all methods of a class with the log decorator:

import inspect


def log(func):
    def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
        try:
            print("Entering: [%s] with parameters %s" % (func.__name__, args))
            try:
                return func(*args, **kwargs)
            except Exception as e:
                print('Exception in %s : %s' % (func.__name__, e))
        finally:
            print("Exiting: [%s]" % func.__name__)
    return wrapped


def trace(cls):
    # https://stackoverflow.com/a/17019983/190597 (jamylak)
    for name, m in inspect.getmembers(cls, lambda x: inspect.isfunction(x) or inspect.ismethod(x)):
        setattr(cls, name, log(m))

    return cls


@trace
class X(object):
    def first_x_method(self):
        print('doing first_x_method stuff...')

    def second_x_method(self):
        print('doing second_x_method stuff...')


x = X()
x.first_x_method()
x.second_x_method()

yields:

Entering: [first_x_method] with parameters (<__main__.X object at 0x7f19e6ae2e80>,)
doing first_x_method stuff...
Exiting: [first_x_method]
Entering: [second_x_method] with parameters (<__main__.X object at 0x7f19e6ae2e80>,)
doing second_x_method stuff...
Exiting: [second_x_method]