from django.http import HttpResponse from django.utils.decorators import decorator_from_middleware from django.middleware.doc import XViewMiddleware xview_dec = decorator_from_middleware(XViewMiddleware) def xview(request): return HttpResponse() xview = xview_dec(xview) class ClassXView(object): def __call__(self, request): return HttpResponse() class_xview = xview_dec(ClassXView())