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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def item_attribute(self, f=None, name=None):
 """ A decorator to register a dynamic item attribute provider. By default, uses function name for attribute name. Override that with ``name=``. """

        def decorator(func):
            attr_name = name or func.__name__
            if attr_name.startswith('_'):
                raise RuntimeError('Invalid dynamic item attribute name -- should not start with an underscore')
            self.__item_attributes[attr_name] = func
            return func

        if f is None:
            return decorator
        else:
            return decorator(f)