def METHOD_NAME(self):
    """
    Loads or re-loads this item's attributes from SDB.
    .. warning::
        If you have changed attribute values on an Item instance,
        this method will over-write the values if they are different in
        SDB. For any local attributes that don't yet exist in SDB,
        they will be safe.
    """
    self.domain.get_attributes(self.name, item=self)