Are attributes an example of decorator?

Question

The decorator pattern is used when there is a need to dynamically add responsibilities to the class, and when subclasses will be impossible due to the large number of subclasses that may arise.

Given the above definition, I would think that attributes are a decorator. Or can it be considered a proxy or adapter?

Thoughts?

Answer 1

Yes, .NET attributes are basically their way of implementing a decorator pattern.