# http://code.activestate.com/recipes/82234-importing-a-dynamically-generated-module/
[docs]def importCode(code, name, add_to_sys_modules=0):
"""
Import dynamically generated code as a module. code is the
object containing the code (a string, a file handle or an
actual compiled code object, same types as accepted by an
exec statement). The name is the name to give to the module,
and the final argument says wheter to add it to sys.modules
or not. If it is added, a subsequent import statement using
name will return this module. If it is not added to sys.modules
import will try to load it in the normal fashion.
import foo
is equivalent to
foofile = open("/path/to/foo.py")
foo = importCode(foofile,"foo",1)
Returns a newly generated module.
"""
import sys
import imp
module = imp.new_module(name)
# exec code in module.__dict__
exec(code, module.__dict__)
if add_to_sys_modules:
sys.modules[name] = module
return module
if __name__ == "__main__":
# Example
code = \
"""
def testFunc():
print "spam!"
class testClass:
def testMethod(self):
print "eggs!"
"""
m = importCode(code, "test")
m.testFunc()
o = m.testClass()
o.testMethod()