Dynamic Class Creation

[Steffen Schoen]

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Hi there,
my problem: i have a directory, where several python modules (classes) are
stored.
The names of these modules arent known before runtime. Now i want to parse
the Directory and create an instance of each class. I tried to handle this
with
new.instance() and new.clasobj() but this didnt really work for me. Any
Ideas ?

[Tom B.]

"Steffen Schoen" <py*********@gmx.de> wrote in message
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(maybe it works better with Subject ;))

Hi there,
my problem: i have a directory, where several python modules (classes) are
stored.
The names of these modules arent known before runtime. Now i want to parse
the Directory and create an instance of each class. I tried to handle this
with
new.instance() and new.clasobj() but this didnt really work for me. Any
Ideas ?

You could try something like,

import os
import imp
import glob
modualnames = glob.glob('mydir\\*\\*.py')
classdict = {}
for i in modualnames:
flnm = file(i)
nm = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(i))[0]
classdict[nm] = imp.load_module(nm ,flnm ,i,'')

check out the imp module in the Global Module Index.

Tom

[Dominic]

I have written a module which
creates classes dynamically,
but some Python tools, e.g.
PyChecker crash if they try
to analyse the source.
So be careful!

Ciao,
Dominic