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Example

A decorator takes just one argument: the function to be decorated. There is no way to pass other arguments.

But additional arguments are often desired. The trick is then to make a function which takes arbitrary arguments and returns a decorator.

Decorator functions

def decoratorfactory(message):
    def decorator(func):
        def wrapped_func(*args, **kwargs):
            print('The decorator wants to tell you: {}'.format(message))
            return func(*args, **kwargs)
        return wrapped_func
    return decorator

@decoratorfactory('Hello World')
def test():
    pass

test()

The decorator wants to tell you: Hello World

Important Note:

With such decorator factories you must call the decorator with a pair of parentheses:

@decoratorfactory # Without parentheses
def test():
    pass

test()

TypeError: decorator() missing 1 required positional argument: 'func'

Decorator classes

def decoratorfactory(*decorator_args, **decorator_kwargs):
    
    class Decorator(object):
        def __init__(self, func):
            self.func = func

        def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
            print('Inside the decorator with arguments {}'.format(decorator_args))
            return self.func(*args, **kwargs)
        
    return Decorator

@decoratorfactory(10)
def test():
    pass

test()

Inside the decorator with arguments (10,)

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