Providing data to a function using a decorator

Many of my route handlers go through a sequence of similar steps, eg

def handler_x(self, **kwargs):
  #Check Authentication
  ...  
  #Validate Input
  ...
  #Check Authorization
  ....
  #Perform Database Query/Update
  ...
  #Format result into response
  return response

It would seem that this sequence lends itself to being put into decorators. 
 I have to some extent put these into functions already, but I still end up 
with a lot of code like


def handler_x(self, **kwargs):
  ...
  try:
    dbcursor = ....
  except ..

  Etc etc for every step of the handler

  The format of each of these "decorators" appears to be
  try to get some value (a user-name, a db connection, etc)
  Check whether it was sucesful
  Return a response if not
  Use the response in the next step

So basically imagine

@dict_to_json
@check_authentication (this sets username)
@check_valid_input
@get a database connection (this uses username, and sets a cursor)
@check authorization (this uses username and cursor)
def handler_x(self, **kwargs):
  use username and db_cursor here
  return a result

So the question is how do I get the results from one decorator to be 
accessible to the next.

My first thought would be to build on cherrypy.request ... set the results 
as properties on there, which can then be accessed by subsequent 
functions/decorators... But maybe there is another way that I am not aware 
of...



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