lib/testtools/testtools/helpers.py

   1 # Copyright (c) 2010-2011 testtools developers. See LICENSE for details.
   2
   3 __all__ = [
   4     'safe_hasattr',
   5     'try_import',
   6     'try_imports',
   7     ]
   8
   9 import sys
  10
  11
  12 def try_import(name, alternative=None, error_callback=None):
  13     """Attempt to import ``name``.  If it fails, return ``alternative``.
  14
  15     When supporting multiple versions of Python or optional dependencies, it
  16     is useful to be able to try to import a module.
  17
  18     :param name: The name of the object to import, e.g. ``os.path`` or
  19         ``os.path.join``.
  20     :param alternative: The value to return if no module can be imported.
  21         Defaults to None.
  22     :param error_callback: If non-None, a callable that is passed the ImportError
  23         when the module cannot be loaded.
  24     """
  25     module_segments = name.split('.')
  26     last_error = None
  27     while module_segments:
  28         module_name = '.'.join(module_segments)
  29         try:
  30             module = __import__(module_name)
  31         except ImportError:
  32             last_error = sys.exc_info()[1]
  33             module_segments.pop()
  34             continue
  35         else:
  36             break
  37     else:
  38         if last_error is not None and error_callback is not None:
  39             error_callback(last_error)
  40         return alternative
  41     nonexistent = object()
  42     for segment in name.split('.')[1:]:
  43         module = getattr(module, segment, nonexistent)
  44         if module is nonexistent:
  45             if last_error is not None and error_callback is not None:
  46                 error_callback(last_error)
  47             return alternative
  48     return module
  49
  50
  51 _RAISE_EXCEPTION = object()
  52 def try_imports(module_names, alternative=_RAISE_EXCEPTION, error_callback=None):
  53     """Attempt to import modules.
  54
  55     Tries to import the first module in ``module_names``.  If it can be
  56     imported, we return it.  If not, we go on to the second module and try
  57     that.  The process continues until we run out of modules to try.  If none
  58     of the modules can be imported, either raise an exception or return the
  59     provided ``alternative`` value.
  60
  61     :param module_names: A sequence of module names to try to import.
  62     :param alternative: The value to return if no module can be imported.
  63         If unspecified, we raise an ImportError.
  64     :param error_callback: If None, called with the ImportError for *each*
  65         module that fails to load.
  66     :raises ImportError: If none of the modules can be imported and no
  67         alternative value was specified.
  68     """
  69     module_names = list(module_names)
  70     for module_name in module_names:
  71         module = try_import(module_name, error_callback=error_callback)
  72         if module:
  73             return module
  74     if alternative is _RAISE_EXCEPTION:
  75         raise ImportError(
  76             "Could not import any of: %s" % ', '.join(module_names))
  77     return alternative
  78
  79
  80 def safe_hasattr(obj, attr, _marker=object()):
  81     """Does 'obj' have an attribute 'attr'?
  82
  83     Use this rather than built-in hasattr, as the built-in swallows exceptions
  84     in some versions of Python and behaves unpredictably with respect to
  85     properties.
  86     """
  87     return getattr(obj, attr, _marker) is not _marker