MA-722 Render xBlock API Support

common/djangoapps/util/url.py

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+"""
+Utility functions related to urls.
+"""
+
+import sys
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.urlresolvers import set_urlconf
+from django.utils.importlib import import_module
+
+
+def reload_django_url_config():
+    """
+    Reloads Django's URL config.
+    This is useful, for example, when a test enables new URLs
+    with a django setting and the URL config needs to be refreshed.
+    """
+    urlconf = settings.ROOT_URLCONF
+    if urlconf and urlconf in sys.modules:
+        reload(sys.modules[urlconf])
+    reloaded = import_module(urlconf)
+    reloaded_urls = getattr(reloaded, 'urlpatterns')
+    set_urlconf(tuple(reloaded_urls))