view src/tools/common/dynamic_import.py @ 2160:e67e8cd24141

core (tools/common): data objects first draft: this module aims is to help manipulate complex data from bridge, mainly for the template system. It is in common and not only in frontends as it may be used in some case by backend, if it needs to use template system in the future.
author Goffi <goffi@goffi.org>
date Tue, 21 Feb 2017 21:01:40 +0100
parents c02f96756d5c
children 8b37a62336c3
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#!/usr/bin/env python2
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# SàT: a XMPP
# Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Jérôme Poisson (goffi@goffi.org)

# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.

# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.

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""" tools dynamic import """

from importlib import import_module


def bridge(name, module_path='sat.bridge'):
    """Import bridge module

    @param module_path(str): path of the module to import
    @param name(str): name of the bridge to import (e.g.: dbus)
    @return (module, None): imported module or None if nothing is found
    """
    try:
        bridge_module = import_module(module_path + '.' + name)
    except ImportError:
        try:
            bridge_module = import_module(module_path + '.' + name + '_bridge')
        except ImportError:
            bridge_module = None
    return bridge_module