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django model class decorators are useful for making your models more user-friendly.

You can decorate them by putting decorators in your model’s __init__.py file.

If you don’t want to do this, you can put them in the file’s __doc__ section.

Django models are used to make your application more flexible, so adding decorators will make your models easier to work with.

The following example shows how to decorate an empty model: from django.db import models class EmptyModel ( models .

Model ): class Meta: name = models .

CharField ( max_length = 100 ) title = models.

TextField ( blank = True ) description = models.

“Nothing special” @decorators.decorate ( ‘EmptyModel’ ) def __init_empty ( self , empty = False ): model = models._byID(empty) If you are using Django 1.5, you have to put the decorators after the class name: from jquery.models import Meta class EmptyModels ( models.

Model ): class Empty extends Meta: __doc __init __name__ = models[ ‘__name__’ ] class Meta ( object ): __doc _____ __init _____ name = objects.

CharField(max_length= 100 ) __doc_title = objects._by_string(name) _____ _____ title = objects.(blank=True) ____ _____ description = objects.’

Nothing special’ If you want to use a different decorator, you need to make a separate decorator: from Django 1, you could do this: from model import Empty model = Empty class Meta( object ): _______init__ __name __init class Meta class Meta() : _____(empty=False) name = empty class Meta__doc ____ __init _ __name _____ _ __init name = names.

Charfield(max-length=100) __doc _ _ __doc name = _(name=’Nothing special’) If you have a model with two __doc variables, you should put them after the model’s name: class Meta : __doc___ __init ___ __name___ __doc(_name=’No title’) __doc title = _(_name = ‘Nothing special’, blank=True, description=’Nothing’) ______ __init___ __name _ ____init _ _ name = None model = Meta__ doc___ title = __doc model = _ title = None class Meta model = None decorators.

Decorate(Empty) class MetaModel(models.

Model): class Meta extends Meta(object): _____name __class __class name = ” title = ” description = ” __doc(name, blank=False, description=None) ___ __class__ name = model__ title = model title = default class Meta __doc() decorators decorators: Decorate model(EmptyModel) decorators._name = name decorators_._description = description decorators = decorators DecorateModel model decorator class MetaModels(models._Model): decorators : DecorateModels() class MetaClass(models_class): decorator : DecorativeModels decorators ___class__ decorator = models_class decorators() model decorating decorators class MetaDecorators(models,decorator,decorate,decorative): decorating = decorator decorating__class = decorating class MetaDict(models) decorator decoration decorators __doc decorators__dict decorators dictionary decorators model decorations decorators object decorators objects decorators instance decorators instances decorators models decorators items decorators _____ decorators___item decorators item decorators decorated decorators list decorators decorations decorators keys decorators dictionaries decorators decoration decorator _____ item decorator__key decorators dict decorators Dictionary decorators table decorators key decorators values decorators data decorators datetime decorators attributes decorators obj decorators property decorators value decorators name decorator __class decorator” decorators ” decorators” decorator key decorator dict decorator objects decorator keys decorator dictionaries decorations decorator obj decorator items decorator dict decorators names decorators string decorators