Source code for openstack_dashboard.openstack.common.importutils

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"""
Import related utilities and helper functions.
"""

import sys
import traceback


[docs]def import_class(import_str): """Returns a class from a string including module and class.""" mod_str, _sep, class_str = import_str.rpartition('.') try: __import__(mod_str) return getattr(sys.modules[mod_str], class_str) except (ValueError, AttributeError): raise ImportError('Class %s cannot be found (%s)' % (class_str, traceback.format_exception(*sys.exc_info())))
[docs]def import_object(import_str, *args, **kwargs): """Import a class and return an instance of it.""" return import_class(import_str)(*args, **kwargs)
[docs]def import_object_ns(name_space, import_str, *args, **kwargs): """ Import a class and return an instance of it, first by trying to find the class in a default namespace, then failing back to a full path if not found in the default namespace. """ import_value = "%s.%s" % (name_space, import_str) try: return import_class(import_value)(*args, **kwargs) except ImportError: return import_class(import_str)(*args, **kwargs)
[docs]def import_module(import_str): """Import a module.""" __import__(import_str) return sys.modules[import_str]
[docs]def try_import(import_str, default=None): """Try to import a module and if it fails return default.""" try: return import_module(import_str) except ImportError: return default