Sync importutils changes from openstack-common

Syncs the following changes from stable/folsom:

 769ec65 Don't trap then re-raise ImportError.
 8c74b37 Improve exception from importutils.import_class().
 1fb2361 add import_object_ns function

Change-Id: Ib6046181ec4712702c30c8a8e938fc9a21b1a594
This commit is contained in:
Mark McLoughlin
2012-09-05 12:55:55 +01:00
parent e233f66ecd
commit 7402590255

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@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Import related utilities and helper functions.
"""
import sys
import traceback
def import_class(import_str):
@@ -28,9 +29,10 @@ def import_class(import_str):
try:
__import__(mod_str)
return getattr(sys.modules[mod_str], class_str)
except (ImportError, ValueError, AttributeError), exc:
except (ValueError, AttributeError), exc:
raise ImportError('Class %s cannot be found (%s)' %
(class_str, str(exc)))
(class_str,
traceback.format_exception(*sys.exc_info())))
def import_object(import_str, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -38,6 +40,19 @@ def import_object(import_str, *args, **kwargs):
return import_class(import_str)(*args, **kwargs)
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)
def import_module(import_str):
"""Import a module."""
__import__(import_str)