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edx-platform/common/lib/codejail/codejail/lazymod.py
2013-05-06 10:55:03 -04:00

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"""A module proxy for delayed importing of modules.
Lifted from http://barnesc.blogspot.com/2006/06/automatic-python-imports-with-autoimp.html
"""
import sys
class LazyModule(object):
"""A lazy module proxy."""
def __init__(self, modname):
self.__dict__['__name__'] = modname
self._set_mod(None)
def _set_mod(self, mod):
if mod is not None:
self.__dict__ = mod.__dict__
self.__dict__['_lazymod_mod'] = mod
def _load_mod(self):
__import__(self.__name__)
self._set_mod(sys.modules[self.__name__])
def __getattr__(self, name):
if self.__dict__['_lazymod_mod'] is None:
self._load_mod()
mod = self.__dict__['_lazymod_mod']
if hasattr(mod, name):
return getattr(mod, name)
else:
try:
subname = '%s.%s' % (self.__name__, name)
__import__(subname)
submod = getattr(mod, name)
except ImportError:
raise AttributeError("'module' object has no attribute %r" % name)
self.__dict__[name] = LazyModule(subname, submod)
return self.__dict__[name]