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-rw-r--r--nova/openstack/common/importutils.py15
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nova/openstack/common/importutils.py b/nova/openstack/common/importutils.py
index 7654af5b9..67d94ad5f 100644
--- a/nova/openstack/common/importutils.py
+++ b/nova/openstack/common/importutils.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def import_class(import_str):
return getattr(sys.modules[mod_str], class_str)
except (ImportError, ValueError, AttributeError), exc:
raise ImportError('Class %s cannot be found (%s)' %
- (class_str, str(exc)))
+ (class_str, str(exc)))
def import_object(import_str, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -38,6 +38,19 @@ 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)