def route(self, rule, **options):
        """A decorator that is used to register a view function for a
        given URL rule.  This does the same thing as :meth:`add_url_rule`
        but is intended for decorator usage::
            @app.route('/')
            def index():
                return 'Hello World'
        For more information refer to :ref:`url-route-registrations`.
        :param rule: the URL rule as string
        :param endpoint: the endpoint for the registered URL rule.  Flask
                         itself assumes the name of the view function as
                         endpoint
        :param options: the options to be forwarded to the underlying
                        :class:`~werkzeug.routing.Rule` object.  A change
                        to Werkzeug is handling of method options.  methods
                        is a list of methods this rule should be limited
                        to (``GET``, ``POST`` etc.).  By default a rule
                        just listens for ``GET`` (and implicitly ``HEAD``).
                        Starting with Flask 0.6, ``OPTIONS`` is implicitly
                        added and handled by the standard request handling.
        """
        def decorator(f):
            endpoint = options.pop('endpoint', None)
            self.add_update_rule(rule, endpoint, f, **options)
            return f
        return decorator